Billionaires, allies, media stars. These are people Trump picked for top roles
Who’s who
Tom Barrack, ambassador to Turkey
Scott Bessent, treasury secretary
Pam Bondi, attorney general
Bondi served as the Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019 after she was the first woman elected to the office.
Doug Burgum, interior secretary
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, labor secretary
Doug Collins, veterans affairs secretary
Sean Duffy, transportation secretary
Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence
Jamieson Greer, trade representative
Kimberly Guilfoyle, ambassador to Greece
Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director
Pete Hegseth, defense secretary
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Pete Hoekstra, ambassador to Canada
Tom Homan, border czar
Mike Huckabee, ambassador to Israel
Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator
Ronald Johnson, ambassador to Mexico
Keith Kellogg, special envoy for Ukraine and Russia
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., health and human services secretary
Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary
Kelly Loeffler, administrator of the Small Business Administration
Howard Lutnick, commerce secretary
Dr. Marty Makary, Food and Drug Administration commissioner
Linda McMahon, education secretary
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Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff
Elon Musk, Department of Government Efficiency
Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor on trade and manufacturing
Janette Nesheiwat, surgeon general
Kristi Noem, homeland security secretary
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Kash Patel, FBI director
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David Perdue, ambassador to China
John Ratcliffe, CIA director
Brooke Rollins, agriculture secretary
Marco Rubio, secretary of state
Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff
Rodney Scott, Customs and Border Protection commissioner
Scott Turner, housing secretary
JD Vance, vice president
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget
Mike Waltz, national security adviser
Matthew Whitaker, ambassador to NATO
Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff
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Steven Witkoff, special envoy
Chris Wright, energy secretary
Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency administrator
What they have in common
Worked in the Trump administration during his first term: Rollins, Scavino, Greer, Ratcliffe, Leavitt, Patel, Kellogg, Hassett, McMahon, Whitaker, Hoekstra, Navarro, Scott, Johnson, Vought, Turner, Miller, Homan.
Is from Florida, Trump’s home when he’s not in the White House and site of his estate, Mar-a-Lago: Guilfoyle, Rubio, Waltz, Bondi, Johnson, Witkoff, Wiles, Barrack.
Gave money to Trump’s campaign or a pro-Trump PAC, according to campaign finance data: Wright, Musk, Lutnick, Loeffler, Zeldin, McMahon, Hoekstra, Bessent, Witkoff, Wiles, Barrack.
Employed by Trump’s 2016, 2020 or 2024 campaign (or for more than one): Scavino, Leavitt, Guilfoyle, Miller, Wiles.
Previously served in state or federal public office: Perdue, Burgum, Collins, Vance, Ratcliffe, Loeffler, Noem, Zeldin, Chavez-DeRemer, Rubio, Huckabee, Waltz, Bondi, Hoekstra, Turner, Duffy, Gabbard.
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Formerly opposed Trump, by being openly critical of him or running against him for president: Burgum, Musk, Vance, Rubio, Kennedy, Gabbard.
Hosted a TV show, was employed by a TV network as a paid contributor or owns a social media company: Nesheiwat, Oz, Musk, Guilfoyle, Huckabee, Hegseth, Duffy.
Has a personal wealth of $1 billion or more, according to AP reporting: Musk, Lutnick, Isaacman, Loeffler, McMahon, Bessent, Witkoff, Barrack.
Was an author or contributor to the conservative policy playbook known as Project 2025: Ratcliffe, Hoekstra, Navarro, Vought, Homan.
Has a personal relationship with Trump, such as a longtime friend, business colleague or person with other close ties to Trump family members: Scavino, Guilfoyle, McMahon, Witkoff, Barrack.
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Reporting and research from Sara Burnett, Lolita C. Baldor, Bill Barrow, Thomas Beaumont, Collin Binkley, Matt Brown, Cathy Bussewitz, Jill Colvin, Bernard Condon, Tara Copp, Matthew Daly, Jack Dura, Alanna Durkin Richer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Fatima Hussein, David Klepper, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Scott McFetridge, Matthew Perrone, Michelle L. Price, Amanda Seitz, Brian Slodysko, Mike Stobbe, Darlene Superville and Eric Tucker.