Musk has been a major supporter of Trump, giving more than $100 million to the campaign, including controversial payments of $1 million a day to registered voters in seven battleground states. Musk also promoted the campaign alongside far-right accounts on X, the social media platform he owns.

Trump’s Picks So Far: What We Know

• Chief of Staff: Trump named his top campaign adviser Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff, the first woman in history to hold the title. The Florida political consultant remains largely out of the spotlight, but has been credited with helping Trump’s political comeback.
• Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy: Longtime Trump adviser, Stephen Miller has been tapped to serve as deputy chief of staff for policy in the next Trump administration. The 39-year-old served as Trump’s senior adviser and speechwriting director during the Republican’s first term in the White House and is credited with shaping Trump’s immigration policies.
• Ambassador to the UN: Trump nominated Elise Stefanik, a five-term Republican representing an upstate New York district as his choice for UN ambassador. She is the chairwoman of the House Republican caucus and a former candidate for Trump’s running mate.
• “The Border King”: Trump appointed Tom Homan to oversee deportation policy and aviation security. Homan was a border patrolman agent for 34 years and served in the first Trump administration as acting director of ICE. He attracted controversy for his strict enforcement of immigration laws, including the “zero tolerance” policy that separated families of undocumented immigrants.
• EPA chief: Trump named him Lee Zeldin as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Zeldin was a congressman for parts of Long Island, New York and ran for but lost to Kathy Hochul in the 2022 gubernatorial race.
• National Security Advisor: Trump called Rep. Florida Mike Waltz as his national security adviser. Waltz has held civilian positions at the Pentagon, served on the House Armed Services Committee and supported Trump’s isolationist view of foreign relations.
• US Ambassador to Israel: Trump announced that he was appointing a former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the US ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a Baptist minister and former Fox News host who ran unsuccessfully twice for the Republican presidential nomination. His daughter is Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as White House press secretary during Trump’s first presidency.
• Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Trump appointed his former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as director of the CIA. Ratcliffe was previously a member of the Texas House before serving as director of national intelligence at the end of Trump’s first presidency.
• Secretary of Defense: Trump named the Fox News host Pete Hegseth to the Secretary of Defense. Hegseth served in the US Army National Guard and led veterans advocacy groups.
• Secretary of Homeland Security: Trump announced his election South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. The election puts the conservative governor, who has deployed the state’s National Guard to the southern border, in a key role on immigration.
• White House Counsel: Trump was silent William McGinley to serve as an advisor to the White House. McGinley, a partner at the Washington law firm Holtzman Vogel, served as White House cabinet secretary during Trump’s first presidency.

The governor of South Dakota will lead Homeland Security

Trump praised Noem in the announcement that he had sent the South Dakota National Guard to the US-Mexico border. The election puts her in a key role in managing the number of immigrants entering the country without permission.