Trump's billionaire cabinet and 'Vice President Musk' unveiled

Donald Trump's team will include billionaires, businessmen, and people from the media and entertainment world. This diverse group will help the president manage the world's most powerful economy.

ABC Television reports that for key roles in his administration, Trump chose 13 billionaires, and three of them will head important departments. The wealth of the cabinet members totals at least $7 billion—more than twice that of Trump's first cabinet and over 60 times the wealth of Joe Biden's ministers, estimates ABC.

The group of billionaires includes:

• future Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, head of an investment fund,
• future Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, head of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald,
• future Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum,
• future Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, who ran the WWE wrestling federation with her husband Vince.

Somewhat less wealthy is the future Secretary of Energy and head of the oil giant Liberty Energy, Chris Wright.

One of Trump's most controversial nominees is the candidate for Secretary of Defense, head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. Although he is a veteran of the National Guard, Trump knows him from television—Hegseth was a co-host of the weekend breakfast show on Fox News, the largest right-wing television network in the USA, which has a huge impact on American public opinion.

Why is he a controversial candidate? He has been accused of sexual assault and alcohol problems, including drinking to the point of passing out at work. He also made strange statements about not washing his hands for 10 years and criticizing female soldiers Despite this, he has a good chance of being confirmed by the Senate.

Also associated with Fox News is future Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, who began his career on MTV's reality show "The Real World". He was a prosecutor, later a congressman, and most recently hosted a show on Fox Business.

Also known from television is Dr. Oz, or celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, who will manage the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services— the health insurance programs managed by the US government.

Pam Bondi, future Attorney General of the USA, also hosted shows on Fox News. She appeared on this network even while she was the Attorney General of Florida.

One of the most contentious appointments is entrusting the Department of Health to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Known for his anti-vaccine activity and pro-Russian views, the nephew of the assassinated president has a series of scandals under his belt, from accusations of sexual harassment to heroin addiction to episodes like leaving the body of a killed bear in New York's Central Park.

The head of the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for border security, among other things, will be South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who in 2024—according to the American media—was considered a potential vice-presidential candidate for Donald Trump. She dropped out when

portions of her book came to light, in which she openly wrote about shooting her dog due to behavioral issues.

Her deputy will be one of Trump's closest advisors, Stephen Miller. Miller, in the first Republican administration, was the creator of the most controversial policies, including the travel ban on people from Muslim countries and family separations at the border. He is known for his anti-immigrant views and extreme ideas for removing people from the country who are not "true" US citizens.

Another controversial nomination is the candidate for FBI director, Kash Patel, a lawyer and children's book author who presents himself as a wizard combating conspirators against "King Donald" in his books. He is also the author of a list of the president's enemies against whom revenge was being planned.

And there's Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, once admired primarily for creating innovative companies SpaceX and Tesla, now mainly known for spreading conspiracy theories on platform X, which he owns, supporting Donald Trump, and interfering in European politics.

Musk allocated over $100 million to Trump's election campaign and quickly became his inseparable companion. Critics call him a "vice president," and even "President Musk."

Among the nominees for the Republican president's administration are also at least 10 former business associates of Musk and his former PayPal partner, Peter Thiel. These include AI "czar" David Sacks and future ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery, who will be entrusted with negotiations over Greenland.