…Susie Wiles To Serve As First Female Chief Of Staff
(VOICE OF NAIJA)- America President elect, Donald Trump has made his first cabinet pick to serve with him in the White house.
The Republican Candidate appointed his campaign manger Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff making her the first woman to be named to the high-profile role.
This is coming after his decisive election win, while signalling his intent to ditch the outgoing administration’s policies by talking to Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s crushing defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris is already shaking up US and world politics, just two days after Election Day and two-and-a-half months before he returns to the White House.
Putin, the Russian president, hailed Trump as “courageous” for the way he handled himself following an assassination attempt at a rally in July, and said he was “ready” to hold discussions with him.
Billionaire Trump later told NBC News that he had not talked to Putin, the authoritarian leader whom he has repeatedly praised over the years, since his victory but “I think we’ll speak.” he said.
It marked a seismic shift from the icy silence that has existed between Biden and Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and underscored Trump’s criticism of US support for Kyiv.
The president-elect has previously said he would push through a peace deal in that conflict — but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke to Trump on Wednesday, said calls for a ceasefire were “dangerous.”
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Chinese President Xi Jinping had earlier joined the list of foreign leaders congratulating Trump, who was criticized by Harris during the election campaign for being too friendly with autocrats.
Trump doubled down on his plans for mass deportations of undocumented migrants, telling NBC he had “no choice” and that there could be “no price tag” that was too much.
Trump’s first cabinet pick Wiles enjoys wide support within his team and was notably called on stage during his victory speech on Wednesday morning.
About Susie
“Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again,” Trump said of the steely 67-year-old Florida native.
The other frontrunners for a place in the Trump 2.0 administration reflect the disruptive shape it is likely to take.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement for whom Trump has pledged a “big role” in health care, told NBC News on Wednesday that “I’m not going to take away anybody’s vaccines.”
But the former independent candidate reiterated that the Trump administration would recommend removing fluoride — a mineral US authorities say aids dental and skeletal health — from public water supplies.
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, could also be in line for a job auditing government waste after the right-wing SpaceX, Tesla and X boss enthusiastically backed Trump.
Trump is expected to wield the axe on many of Biden’s signature policies. He returns to the White House as a climate change denier, poised to take apart Biden’s green policies with his pledge to “drill, baby, drill” for oil.
He may find it hard to dismantle some of Biden’s investment legislation, which pumps money into many Congressional districts where members would be loath to see it go.
AFP
