Relating to the individuals Donald Trump needs advising him in a second time period, the president-elect has a sort. Accused of sexual misconduct? You’re a shoo-in for a Cupboard gig. Did time in jail? Step right up. Related to him by marriage? When are you able to begin?
One other apparent plus, and one which apparently far outweighs precise expertise, is having labored for Fox Information or one other Fox Corp. subsidiary Whereas Pete Hegseth is probably the most distinguished community character to have obtained a nod—in his case, for protection secretary—he’s removed from the one one Trump has poached from the conservative broadcaster. Others embody Sean Duffy for transportation secretary* and Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon basic, plus multiple additional Fox News contributors.
Trump’s most up-to-date hire to have labored on the firm is Monica Crowley, a conservative political commentator who spent years as a Fox Information contributor. The incoming president nominated Crowley to function chief of protocol on the State Division, a job that offers in overseas diplomacy and is equal in rank to a US ambassador. In accordance to Media Matters, Crowley has “pushed a number of bigoted conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama’s heritage, together with selling a documentary about his purported ‘actual father.’”
After serving as Treasury Division assistant secretary for public affairs in the course of the first Trump administration, Crowley “returned to punditry, claiming that the ‘deep state’ has been attempting to destroy Trump by COVID-19…and assassination makes an attempt.” She was additionally a contributor to Undertaking 2025.
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Crowley’s nomination brings Trump’s Fox hires to one dozen. In fact, he can and certain will add to that quantity as he continues to fill out the ranks of his new administration.
In different Fox Information enterprise, Sean Hannity announced this week that Trump will likely be honored on Thursday with Fox Nation’s Patriot of the Yr award, which “acknowledges America’s patriots, together with army veterans, first responders, and different inspirational on a regular basis heroes,” and is on no account a made-up factor.
*If confirmed, Duffy would even have the excellence of being the primary Actual World forged member in historical past to carry a Cupboard place.
