Former White House strategist Steve Bannon as chief of staff, Stephen Miller as attorney general, Jared Kushner as secretary of state: Axios is spreading the first Totonomi of a possible future Trump administration, citing sources close to the tycoon. The basic requirements are proven loyalty and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of law and governance.
In the running for Vice President would be Congressman JD
Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and leader of the Trumpian MAGA movement, former White House spokeswoman and current Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake (a denier of the 2020 election results) and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.
But the former first lady would insist on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, even though, according to Trump's entourage, he would never choose a person to shadow him. Miller could be attorney general in his second term or take on a ministerial-level role in shaping migration policy, as he did as a behind-the-scenes adviser in his first term. Former Pentagon adviser Kash Patel, who excelled in Trump's war on intelligence, would be considered for a national security role, possibly even as head of the CIA.
Running for the Pentagon is Senator Tom Cotton, a former infantry officer who wrote an article in the NYT advocating the use of the Insurrection Act to deploy the army to combat civil unrest. Also on the right track is former Rep. Lee Zeldin, a former paratrooper who was sent to Iraq. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, a former presidential adviser in the tycoon's first term, has so far distanced himself from his father-in-law's campaign but could return to the White House as head of diplomacy and continue to focus on the Middle East.
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