President-elect Trump was flanked by cupboard picks and elected officers throughout his look cageside on the UFC pay-per-view card in New York Metropolis on Saturday evening.
Trump was joined by prime supporters turned cupboard picks as he entered Madison Sq. Backyard to raucous cheers and chants of “USA, USA.”
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been each picked by Trump to steer a brand new Division of Authorities Effectivity, and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s selection for director of nationwide intelligence, joined the president-elect. He was additionally joined by his choose to steer the Division of Well being and Human Providers, Robert Kennedy Jr.
Together with cupboard picks, the president-elect was joined by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
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President-elect Trump, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. watch a struggle throughout UFC 309 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, on Nov. 16, 2024. (Kena Betancur/AFP through Getty Photos)
Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Mike Johnson and Vivek Ramaswamy look on in the course of the UFC 309 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard on Nov. 16, 2024, in New York Metropolis. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Trump was additionally accompanied by UFC President Dana White – a longtime fan of the president-elect from earlier than his political aspirations.
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White, who has frequented marketing campaign occasions with Trump, hosted a 2001 UFC battle at Trump Taj Mahal, a former casino-hotel in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey.
Trump has attended UFC matches since – together with throughout his 2024 marketing campaign.
Trump has picked Chris Wright to steer the Division of Vitality beginning in January. (Getty Photos/Reuters)
The cease on the historic Madison Sq. Backyard comes after Trump made rapid-fire selections to fill his cupboard within the weeks after profitable the Presidential Election on Nov. 5.
On Saturday, President-elect Trump introduced that Chris Wright, the CEO and founding father of Liberty Vitality, will lead the Division of Vitality in his new administration.
“I’m thrilled to announce that Chris Wright shall be becoming a member of my Administration as each United States Secretary of Vitality, and Member of the newly shaped Council of Nationwide Vitality,” Trump mentioned in a press release launched Saturday.
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Trump’s nominees and administration picks throughout his second administration are being publicly introduced at a a lot sooner tempo than throughout his first administration in 2016, which the transition staff attributed to Trump’s dedication to placing “America first.”
“The American folks re-elected President Trump by a convincing margin, giving him a mandate to implement the guarantees he made on the marketing campaign path, and his Cupboard picks mirror his precedence to place America First. President Trump will proceed to nominate extremely certified women and men who’ve the expertise, expertise and vital ability units to Make America Nice Once more,” Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt informed Fox Information Digital when requested about Trump’s speedy rollout of Cupboard picks.
Fox Information Digital’s Emma Colton and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
