Washington, Nov 11.- The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, could announce this week some of the main appointments of his future government, while he continues to give clues today about the loyalists who will accompany him in this second term.
According to reports circulating in the press, Trump offered Republican Representative for New York Elise Stefanik the position of ambassador to the United Nations.
The congresswoman, president of the Republican Party Conference in the House of Representatives and fourth highest ranking in the chamber, became the first leader of the Capitol to support Trump’s third campaign for the White House, when she gave her support in November 2022.
In addition, the next return of Tom Homan, who served as acting director of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in his last administration, is expected.
The former acting head of ICE was a contributor to Project 2025, the ultra-conservative playbook for the next Republican president, from which Trump distanced himself during his campaign, CNN recalled.
In a recent interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Homan argued that “families could be deported together” when asked about Trump’s promise to carry out mass deportations immediately after taking office.
“It’s not going to be a massive raid on neighborhoods. It’s not going to be the construction of concentration camps. I’ve read it all. It’s ridiculous,” said the possible occupant of the post, who was one of the speakers at the Republican National Convention in July.
“I have a message for the millions of illegal immigrants that Joe Biden has released into our country in violation of federal law: you better start packing now,” Homan warned from the stage in Milwaukee.
Last Thursday, Trump announced that Susie Wiles, his campaign co-chair, will be chief of staff starting January 20, 2025.
During the election campaign, Trump and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, repeatedly visited those seven states (Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada and Arizona) because of their importance.
Thus, Trump won the 2024 elections with 312 votes in the Electoral College, far exceeding the 270 he needed to declare himself the winner. Harris obtained 226 votes.
The result improves his performance in 2016, when he first came to the White House after beating Democrat Hillary Clinton (304-227). In 2020, he lost 232 votes to 306 against the current president, Joe Biden. (Text and photo: PL)
