Donald Trump Jr is playing a central role in his father's transition to the White House, influencing cabinet picks and advocating for candidates who align with the Trump agenda.
Donald Trump Jr has emerged as the most influential Trump family member in the transition to the White House as his father Donald Trump builds the most controversial Cabinet in modern US history, according to half a dozen sources with knowledge of his role. The President-elect has elevated inexperienced loyalists over more qualified candidates for top positions in his administration.
Trump, who fiercely prizes loyalty, has long relied on family members for political advice, but which relative has his ear is known to vary. This time, it is his eldest child who has helped Cabinet contenders sink or rise to the fore – from championing Senator J.D. Vance as Trump’s running mate to blocking former secretary of state Mike Pompeo from joining the Cabinet, according to the sources, who include donors, personal friends and political allies. Trump’s son is due to join conservative venture capital fund 1789 Capital, although one of the sources said he will continue to host his politics-focused podcast and support candidates that espouse his father’s brand of politics. Trump Jr will provide advice to his father in the White House, the sources added, although they cautioned that he was unlikely to be involved in day-to-day deliberations.In addition to ensuring that candidates are loyal to his father, Trump Jr typically seeks out contenders who embrace an anti-establishment world view, including protectionist economic policies, and a reduction in military interventions and overseas aid, according to a handful of the sources and his own comments on social media site X and in public. Two candidates Trump Jr championed may face a rocky confirmation process in the Senate: Robert F. Kennedy Jr, whom Trump plans to nominate as the top US health official, and Tulsi Gabbard, whom Trump plans to nominate as intelligence chief
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