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I am honored to announce that Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL) is hereby appointed to serve in my Cabinet as my National Security Advisor. Mike is the first Green Beret to have been elected to Congress and previously served in the White House and Pentagon,
Trump said in a statement on Tuesday
Mike will work tirelessly to bring about peace in the Middle East!"
Trump said of Huckabee
Mike has been a strong champion of my America First Foreign Policy agenda, and will be a tremendous champion of our pursuit of Peace through Strength!"
He added
Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again. It is a well deserved honor to have Susie as the first-ever female Chief of Staff in United States history. I have no doubt that she will make our country proud,
Trump said after the selection of Wiles
I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,
Trump said in a statement following the pick of Stefanik
I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job,
Trump said of Homan, who was the executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations for ICE under former President Barack Obama
He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet,
Trump said in a statement on the Zeldin selectionMike is the first Green Beret to have been elected to Congress, and previously served in the White House and Pentagon. Mike served in the Army Special Forces for 27 years where he was deployed multiple times in combat for which he was awarded four Bronze Stars, including two with Valor,
Trump said on Truth Social Tuesday when announcing the selectionJust pouring more billions in (to Ukraine) is the definition of insanity at this point,
he has said
Mike retired as a Colonel, and is a nationally recognized leader in National Security, a bestselling author, and an expert on the threats posed by China, Russia, Iran, and global terrorism,
the statement added
Look we can be allies and friends and have tough conversations,
Waltz said last month
The next president should act urgently to bring the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East to a swift conclusion and focus strategic attention where it should be: countering the greater threat from the Communist Party.”
They stated
President-Elect Trump will begin making decisions on who will serve in his second Administration soon,
said Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the Trump transition
With fires raging across the world right now, Waltz is well positioned to help the President put out those fires,
said Goldberg, who is now a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in WashingtonI am ready to get to work to better equip our military and turn our focus away from woke priorities and back to winning wars. Our national security depends on it.”
In a statement last year, Waltz said thatDisruptors are often not nice ... frankly our national security establishment and certainly a lot of people that are dug into bad old habits in the Pentagon need that disruption,
Waltz said during an event earlier this year, as reported by ReutersThe Biden administration has neither explained the American objective in Ukraine nor his strategy to achieve it,
Waltz wrote in a Fox News op-ed last year
I have never in my lifetime seen the world falling apart like it is under Joe Biden,
Waltz told Florida Politics in JulyWe still have a Pentagon that cannot audit itself, despite years and years of trying the basics of understanding where every tax dollar goes,
he said
I am truly honored to earn President Trump's nomination to serve in his Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During my conversation with President Trump, I shared how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate,
Stefanik said in her statement accepting the nomination