Gaetz, a Floridian and a US congressman since 2017, is among Trump’s most controversial nominations as he looks to fill out his cabinet after victory against Democrat Kamala Harris in last week’s presidential election.
The billionaire’s stunning political comeback is “rocket fuel for the Trump Empire,” said Mark Hass, an Arizona State University marketing professor.
Trump said Musk and another stalwart ally, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, would lead a “Department of Government Efficiency (‘DOGE’)” a tongue-in-cheek reference to an internet meme and cryptocurrency.
Trump’s return will loom over the COP 29 Climate talks, with fears that an imminent US departure from the landmark Paris agreement to limit global warming could mean less ambition around the negotiating table.
Former president Trump favoured Israel many times in his first term, and Israeli leaders were among the first to congratulate him on Wednesday as soon as he claimed victory.
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US presidential election is likely to usher in a raft of economic changes at home and abroad, touching everything from foreign trade to the independence of the US central bank.
Donald Trump pulled an election stunt with a garbage truck Wednesday as the White House campaign was forced off-piste by muddled remarks from President Joe Biden about the Republican’s supporters that caused a headache for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
With the high-octane election tightening in the home stretch, Harris has been making a campaign issue of the Republican ex-president’s increasingly authoritarian rhetoric that has prompted accusations that he is co-opting the language of fascism.
He built on his father’s real estate empire and turned the family’s millions into billions, but Donald Trump has not…
The bill, which the House is expected to vote on this week, would also provide an additional $231 million for the US Secret Service, a major increase following the two attempts on Trump’s life.
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