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This Trump Family Member Said To Be Most Influencing President-elect’s Cabinet Picks

Charlie Kirk Staff

11/24/2024

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This Trump Family Member Said To Be Most Influencing President-elect’s Cabinet Picks

Democrats and the media have been going insane with President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and reports indicate that it is a family member who has made many of the selections.

That family member is his son Donald Trump Jr., Reuters reported.

“Donald Trump Jr. has emerged as the most influential Trump family member in the transition as the president-elect builds the most controversial cabinet in modern U.S. history, according to a half dozen sources with knowledge of his role, elevating inexperienced loyalists over more qualified candidates for top positions in his administration,” the report said.

“Trump, who fiercely prizes loyalty, has long relied on family members for political advice, but which relative has his ear is known to vary,” it said.

It said that the eldest son of the president-elect was responsible for Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance joining his dad and becoming vice president-elect and also for blocking former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from joining the new administration, sources said to the AP.

A source said that Don Jr. will continue to provide advice to his dad after he is inaugurated but will not be involved in the day to day operations as he focuses on his new position as part of conservative venture capital fund 1789 Capital and hosting his podcast.

In addition to the vice president-elect, he was also said to have championed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the head of the Department of Health and Human Services and former Democrat Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbar to be in charge of National Intelligence.

But not everyone that he has suggested has been picked by his dad.

“He was keen on Ric Grenell, a personal friend and former ambassador to Germany, getting secretary of state, according to a separate source familiar with the matter. His father ended up picking Senator Marco Rubio, whose views are deemed by Trump’s core supporters as too traditional and internationalist,” the report said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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