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The planned presidential transition of Donald Trump is an effort to prepare for the presidential transition from Joe Biden to Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States, in the event that he is elected in the 2024 presidential election.

Developments

Trump became the party's presumptive nominee on March 12, 2024, and formally accepted the nomination at the Republican National Convention in July later that year. The Trump campaign announced the formation of the transition team on August 16, with Linda McMahon, Trump's former head of the Small Business Administration, and Howard Lutnick, the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Group, officially named as co-chairs. Vice presidential nominee JD Vance, along with his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, were designated as honorary co-chairs. The effort beginning at this time was considered unusually late, as historically, most transition efforts start in the late spring.

On August 27, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard were also selected as honorary co-chairs, both of which being former Democrats who had recently endorsed Trump. Kennedy had originally mounted an independent presidential bid before withdrawing from the race to endorse Trump, reportedly in exchange for a Cabinet position in his administration.

Potential appointees

In an August 2024 interview with Reuters, Trump expressed interest in appointing businessman Elon Musk to an administration position, potentially to his Cabinet, referring to Musk as "a brilliant guy." Musk, who is the billionaire CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and X, has expressed views aligned with Trump and financially supported his campaign through a super PAC. Musk had expressed interest in serving on a "government efficiency commission" if Trump were to be elected to another term. However, days later, Trump walked back expectations of Musk joining his Cabinet, believing him to be too preoccupied with his business career to effectively serve.

During Trump's selection of a running mate prior to the convention, North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and U.S. senator Marco Rubio were reported to be among the finalists for consideration. When Trump eventually selected Vance as his vice presidential candidate, he made a phone call to Burgum in which he appeared to offer him a Cabinet position. Since then, Burgum and Rubio have been considered as top contenders for Trump's secretary of state, with U.S. senator Bill Hagerty, who served as Trump's ambassador to Japan, also reported to be in consideration. Burgum announced a diplomatic visit to Israel in September, in what was seen as an effort to campaign for the secretary position.

See also

• Agenda 47
• America First Policy Institute
• Planned presidential transition of Kamala Harris
• United States presidential transition
• Presidential transition of Donald Trump#Assessment of the transition
• Project 2025

References

1. Fuchs, Hailey (August 29, 2024). "Meet the think tank planning a second Trump administration. (It's not Project 2025.)". Politico.
2. McGraw, Meridith (August 16, 2024). "Trump transition chair pick signals think tank influence". Politico. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
3. Miller, Zeke (2024-08-27). "Presidential transition planning has begun in earnest, but Trump and Harris are already behind". AP News. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
4. Haberman, Maggie; Swan, Jonathan; O'Brien, Rebecca Davis (August 27, 2024). "Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on His Transition Team". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
5. Kelly, Stephanie (August 21, 2024). "RFK Jr wants administration job in return for endorsing Trump, super PAC says". Reuters. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
6. Tan, Kevin (August 20, 2024). "Donald Trump said he'd want Elon Musk in his Cabinet". Business Insider. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
7. Neal, Will (August 26, 2024). "Donald Trump Backpedals on Elon Musk's Cabinet Role: 'He Can't, Really'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
8. "Trump zeroes in on his VP finalists: From the Politics Desk". NBC News. June 21, 2024. Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
9. Sforza, Lauren (July 16, 2024). "Burgum says Trump called him 'Mr. Secretary' on call". The Hill. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
10. Allen, Mike; VandeHei, Jim (July 30, 2024). "Behind the Curtain: The battle for Trump power". Axios. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
11. Port, Rob (September 16, 2024). "Gov. Burgum, still a hopeful for Trump's cabinet, travels to Israel". inforum.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

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