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Who Trump Is
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by Jessica Huseman and Rob Weychert
Updated January 19, 2017
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REX TILLERSON
SECRETARY OF STATE
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Tillerson is the CEO of Exxon Mobil, which has
operations in about 50 countries. Russia award-
ed Tillerson its Order of Friendship in 2013, and
Tillerson maintains a close relationship with
Vladimir Putin. Exxon Mobil has billions of
dollars worth of deals that can only proceed if
the U.S. lifts sanctions on Russia, the New York
Times reports. Unlike Trump, Tillerson praised
the Trans-Pacific Partnership and has long
spoken out in favor of free trade. He originally
supported Jeb Bush for president, giving him
the maximum allowed contribution in Septem-
ber of last year.
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STEVE MNUCHIN
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Mnuchin is a former Goldman Sachs banker
who served as Trumps campaign finance chair-
man. He ran OneWest Bank, which doubled its
branches but foreclosed on 36,000 homeowners
and was accused of racial bias in lending under
his leadership, the Los Angeles Times reports.
He sold OneWest in 2014 for double what he
paid for it. He ran Relativity media, which went
bankrupt but not before it paid a $50 million
loan back to OneWest.
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JAMES MATTIS
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

A retired general, he was the supreme allied
commander of NATO for nearly three years. He
is known for his scholarly intellectualism and
pithy quotes. His animus for Iran led Obama
to (controversially) replace him as the head of
CentCom. He said Iraq was probably [] a stra-
tegic mistake. The Washington Post reported
he pushed the Army to use Theranos despite red
flags, then joined its board.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Alabama senator was denied a federal
judgeship in 1986 due to allegations of racist
statements and concerns over his level of in-
volvement in what critics said was a racially
motivated voter fraud case. His track record on
race continues to be scrutinized. The Atlantic
found no evidence hed filed desegregation
lawsuits in Alabama, as hes repeatedly claimed.
He co-sponsored the Fair Sentencing Act, which
cut the sentencing disparity between crack and
powder cocaine. He defends harsh minimum
sentences and bucked a bipartisan criminal
justice reform effort. He opposes any form of
citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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RYAN ZINKE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

A congressman from Montana, Zinke is all over
the map on environmental and public land is-
sues integral to his appointed position, the L.A.
Times reports. Hes once voted for a bill that
turned over federal land to states, then resigned
as a delegate to the RNC because the platform
included a similar land transfer. Hes broken
party lines to vote for many conservation ef-
forts, and once signed a letter warning of the
threat of global warming. Now, he says, he views
climate science to be unsettled.
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SONNY PERDUE
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

The former two-term Georgia governor is a
veterinarian by trade and has spent years in
the agriculture business. He was a Democrat
until switching parties in 1998. During a severe
drought in 2007, the then-governor controver-
sially gathered hundreds to the steps of the cap-
itol to pray for rain. Many Perdue projects have
been the subject of scrutiny. He was the main
supporter of a $14 million state-funded fishing
museum, which the New York Times described
as a symbol of waste. Perdue, who will run the
countrys food stamp program, has also been
criticized for reducing aid to Georgias poor.
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WILBUR ROSS
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

Billionaire Wilbur Ross made his money mak-
ing failing businesses profitable, especially in
textiles, coal and steel. He helped Trump save
his troubled Atlantic City casino. The Nation
reports he was involved with two different home
mortgage companies that routinely violated the
law. Hes invested in troubled banks all over
the world, including Greece and Cyprus. He
favors tax cuts for big business, has called the
Trans-Pacific Partnership a horrible deal, and
said hed prioritize increasing American ex-
ports. His investments present potentially un-
precedented conflicts of interest for the office.
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ANDREW PUZDER
SECRETARY OF LABOR

Puzder is the CEO of the parent company of
Carls Jr., which is currently navigating sever-
al lawsuits concerning wages and employee
treatment. Little reporting has been done on
Puzder, though he has made his views known
in op-eds, interviews, and an obscure book
he wrote in 2010 attacking unions and the
Obama Administration. He opposes raising
the minimum wage and expanding overtime
eligibility. He believes Obamacare helped
lead to a restaurant recession. He defends
Carls Jr.s racy ads, calling bikinis and burgers
very American.
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TOM PRICE
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

A congressman and physician, Price has been a
strong opponent of Obamacare since its incep-
tion and has proposed restructuring Medicaid
and Medicare. Kaiser Health News reports he
has sponsored legislation that shields doctors
from lawsuits and limits the data doctors must
submit to a database hospitals use to make
hiring decisions. He is a strong opponent of
Planned Parenthood and abortion, and once
claimed he did not know of a single woman who
couldnt afford birth control.
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BEN CARSON
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Carson, a famed neurosurgeon, ran unsuc-
cessfully for president against Donald Trump.
After he dropped out, Carson gave Trump a tour
of blighted areas of his hometown of Detroit.
While many said his experience living in public
housing made him uniquely qualified to lead
HUD, Carson never actually lived in public
housing. Hes criticized fair housing policy as
social experimentation and called poverty
more of a choice than anything else. Carson
had previously declined a cabinet post because
he had no government experience.
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ELAINE CHAO
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

Chao ran the Labor Department under George
W. Bush. The Government Accountability Office
said the departments failure to investigate
complaints left low-wage workers vulnerable
to wage theft. Shes been accused of helping to
cover up an environmental disaster. Her family
owns Foremost Group, a shipping company that
flies Liberian and Hong Kong flags. Drugs were
once found aboard one of the companys ships.
She is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, and has been integral in his reelec-
tion campaigns.
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RICK PERRY
SECRETARY OF ENERGY

The former Texas governor previously sup-
ported abolishing the Department of Energy
entirely. He was on the board of Energy Transfer
Partners, the company behind the Dakota Ac-
cess Pipeline. Oil production surged during his
governorship, boosting the economy but raising
environmental concerns. Many credit him with
Texas relative stability during the economic
crisis, but some reject the Texas Miracle al-
together and others say it came at the expense
of necessary programs. He gave millions out
to businesses in tax incentives, including $30
million to a company that didnt exist.
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BETSY DeVOS
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

DeVos is a billionaire philanthropist who has
campaigned for charter schools and vouchers
in her homestate of Michigan and fought
to minimize oversight of them. Shes led the
efforts to drastically expand charters in Detroit,
but they have scored lower than their public
school counterparts, Politico reports. Bridge,
a non-profit Michigan news outlet, reports her
fight for school choice has left many public
schools scrambling for students. An education
advocacy group she headed owes Ohio $5.3 mil-
lion for election law violations, stemming from
an unpaid fine in 2008.
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DAVID SHULKIN
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Shulkin currently runs the Veterans Health
Administration. He was nominated to the po-
sition by President Obama in March 2015 and
confirmed unanimously by the Senate. He
currently oversees 1,700 medical facilities serv-
ing veterans. He is a physician, and founded
DoctorQuality, a health care information com-
pany that is now defunct. He would be the first
non-veteran to run the VA.
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JOHN KELLY
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY

The retired Marine general has a reputation for
preferring soft power over military strength.
He rejects criticism of Guantanamo Bay, which
he was responsible for as head of U.S. Southern
Command. In that position, he also helped po-
lice the southern border experience Trump
will rely on to implement his immigration pol-
icies, Politico reports. Kelly has voiced concern
over opening up combat positions to women.
He is widely respected for continuing to serve
even after his son died in Afghanistan.
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REINCE PRIEBUS
CHIEF OF STAFF

Hes the longest serving chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee and was formerly the
head of the Wisconsin Republican Party the
youngest person ever to serve in that role. Hes
raised record amounts for the RNC. He au-
thored the partys autopsy calling for a more
inclusive message after its 2012 loss, but has
since found himself defending positions taken
by Trump that are in direct contrast with that
report. Hes known for his ability to build and
maintain political relationships.
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DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

A congressman from South Carolina, Mulvaney
was a founder of the House Freedom Caucus,
which pressed former Speaker John Boehner to
resign. He supported shutting the government
down rather than raising the debt limit under
President Obama, embracing the term Shut-
down Caucus with gusto. He so opposes raising
spending that he almost single-handedly took
down a $50 billion relief bill after Hurricane
Sandy, reports the New York Times. He will now
be responsible for helping shape the adminis-
trations budget and reviewing the budgets of
other federal agencies.
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SCOTT PRUITT
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

The Oklahoma attorney general has deep ties
to the fossil fuel industry, and formed a secret
alliance between the industry and other AGs
to fight Obamas climate proposals. He is seen
as a hero among conservatives who believe the
EPA oversteps its federal authority. A billion-
aire oil magnate headed his 2013 re-election.
He is a climate change skeptic, has repeated-
ly sued to prevent EPA regulations, and has
vowed to cancel the Paris accord, a United Na-
tions agreement to curb CO2 emissions starting
in 2020.
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ROBERT LIGHTHIZER
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Lighthizer is a former trade official under Pres-
ident Reagan, and is currently a partner in
international trade at Skadden, one of the
worlds largest law firms. He has represented
U.S. Steel Corp in several anti-dumping cases
against China. While he has been heavily in-
volved in international trade issues over the
last three decades, little reporting has been
done about him. He was an early Trump sup-
porter, and penned an op-ed in the Washington
Times defending his protectionist trade policies
against conservative critics.
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AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS

Governor of South Carolina, unemployment
fell to 15-year lows during her tenure, but op-
ponents criticize her handling of the states
long-running child welfare controversy, and say
she bungled a cyber attack in 2012. Little report-
ing has been done about Haleys foreign policy
views, nor has she been vocal about them. A
daughter of Indian immigrants, shes met with
the Indian Prime Minister to encourage invest-
ment in South Carolina. She is a strong sup-
porter of Israel and signed a bill that prevented
divestment in the country.
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LINDA McMAHON
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The co-founder of wrestling organization WWE
gave $6 million to a pro-Trump super PAC and
$5 million to Trumps foundation. She unsuc-
cessfully ran for the U.S. Senate twice, spending
almost $100 million. She resigned after a year of
serving on Connecticuts education board when
a legal opinion barred members from partici-
pating in political activity. She supported a plan
by President Obama that would have eliminated
the Small Business Administration entirely.
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DAN COATS
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

As a two-time Indiana senator, Coats served on
the Senate Intelligence Committee and has a
reputation for bipartisanship. He was previous-
ly the ambassador to Germany, then worked as a
manufacturing lobbyist before being elected to
the Senate for a second time. He is banned from
Russia because of his support for sanctions
after the annexation of Crimea. He support-
ed a bill to expand cyber threat data sharing
between private companies and the govern-
ment, which civil liberties groups staunchly op-
posed. He also wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed
defending bulk data collection.
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DIRECTOR OF THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

As a Kansas congressman, Pompeo has been a
strong supporter of the NSAs bulk data collec-
tion and supports the death penalty for Edward
Snowden. Hes pledged to end the disastrous
Iran deal and advocated bombing Irans nuclear
capacity to prevent it from developing nuclear
weapons. He supports keeping Guantanamo
Bay, calling it a goldmine of intelligence that
treats prisoners exceptionally well. He found-
ed Thayer Aerospace with investment from
Koch Industries, and the Koch brothers have
been some of his largest political donors.
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JAY CLAYTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Clayton is a partner in the law firm Sullivan &
Cromwell, specializing in mergers and capital
market offerings. Little reporting has been
done about him. In a video posted by his firm
he compares cybersecurity mandates for banks
to Dodd-Frank, which he considers flawed. He
was the head of a committee that advocated the
rollback of parts of the Foreign Corrupt Practic-
es Act, which the SEC has partial authority over.
He has represented several high-profile com-
panies including Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs
and Ally Financial Inc.
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MIKE FLYNN
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

A retired general, Flynn was forced out as the
head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, report-
edly for his attitude and conspiratorial world-
view, Politico and the New York Times report.
Hed previously been one of the most respected
military intelligence officers of his generation.
Files show he inappropriately shared classi-
fied information. He has a history of sharing
conspiracy theories on social media, and views
Islam as a cancer. Prior to this, Flynn has been
a foreign lobbyist and has close ties to Russia.
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STEVE BANNON
SENIOR COUNSELOR AND
CHIEF STRATEGIST

Bannon was the CEO of Trumps campaign. He
ran Breitbart, a far right website known for pub-
lishing sexist, racist and homophobic content.
Politico reports Breitbart employees described
constant mistreatment under his leadership. He
believes we are at war against jihadist Islamic
fascism. Hes called liberal women a bunch
of dykes. Hes cited Nazi propagandist Leni
Riefenstahl as an inspiration. He once wrote
a screenplay setting Shakespeares Titus An-
dronicus in outer space.
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DONALD McGAHN
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL

McGahn was Trumps campaign lawyer, and
spent much of his career fighting against lim-
its on political contributions. As chairman
of the Federal Election Commission, he tried
to restrict prosecutors from being able to use
the Internet for research. He represented Tom
Delay, a Texas Republican who faced a series of
investigations over mishandling political con-
tributions. He moonlights as a guitarist in the
band Scotts New Band.
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STEPHEN MILLER
SENIOR POLICY ADVISER

The 30-year-old former Jeff Sessions staffer
served as a senior policy adviser to Donald
Trumps campaign. He is most known for rev-
ving up crowds before Trump spoke at ral-
lies. Miller helped write Trumps immigra-
tion policies, and has worked closely with far
right news organization Breitbart. Miller began
writing political columns at age 17, writing on
everything from his high schools rampant
political correctness, Duke Universitys un-
relenting health fascists, and Maya Angelous
racial paranoia.
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KELLYANNE CONWAY
COUNSELOR

Conway, a longtime Republican strategist,
pundit and pollster, was Trumps campaign
manager. She had originally endorsed Ted Cruz,
leading his super PAC and going after Trump
in attack ads in key states. She was hired by the
Trump campaign when Cruz exited the race.
Conway worked for Missouri Congressman
Todd Akin, and defended him after his con-
troversial legitimate rape comment. She has
spoken out against feminism, calling it doom
and gloom and arguing it should be replaced
by femininity.
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THOMAS BOSSERT
HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISER

Bossert was a top national security aide under
President George W. Bush, helping craft the
nations first cyber security policy. He currently
runs a security consulting firm and is a fellow
at the Atlantic Councils Cyber Statecraft Ini-
tiative. Fittingly, the newly upgraded position
in Trumps administration will focus largely on
cybersecurity. In a 2015 opinion in the Washing-
ton Times, Bossert criticized Obama for failing
to lay out when it is just and necessary to use
American military power.
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PETER NAVARRO
TRADE CZAR

Navarro was a member of Trumps economic
transition team, and is a professor at the
University of California, Irvine. He is staunch-
ly anti- China, and calle d Trumps pro -
posed 45 percent tariff on Chinese goods
appropriate. He wrote a book called Death
By China: Confronting the Dragon, in which he
argued China was becoming the planets most
efficient assassin. He self-produced a low bud-
get documentary based on the book, which was
panned by critics.
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SEAN SPICER
PRESS SECRETARY

Spicer has been the Republican National Com-
mittees communications director since 2011
and chief strategist since 2015. He has previous-
ly been an outspoken advocate of free trade, and
will now have to represent Trumps protection-
ist policies something he likened to the work
of a defense attorney defending a criminal.
While Spicer has said Trump will not ban media
from the White House briefing room, he has also
said briefings may no longer be daily.
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JARED KUSHNER
SENIOR ADVISER

Kushner is Donald Trumps son-in-law and
the helps run his familys real estate empire.
He isnt taking a salary for his White House
position. Hes selling many of his assets to his
brothers or placing them in and a family trust.
Ethics experts say the family ties mean the plan
falls short of meaningful divestiture. He was re-
portedly responsible for the Trump campaigns
successful digital strategy and acted as a de
facto campaign manager. He was admitted
to Harvard University after his father donated
$2.5 million.
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CARL ICAHN
REGULATORY CZAR

The 80-year-old billionaire is a noted investor
and activist shareholder, buying and selling
stakes in companies in order to push the di-
rection of their boards. He was an early Trump
supporter, and pledged $150 million to a super
PAC supporting him. Icahn bought Trumps Taj
Mahal Casino Resorts in Atlantic City, N.J. out
of bankruptcy in 2014. He closed it in October
after a union dispute. The new administration
position is not formal, nor is it paid, so Icahn
will not have to sell off any of his business in-
terests an arrangement likely to create large
conflicts of interest, reports CNBC.

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