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a member of the next Cabinet of the United States means a cabinet member who
takes office after being appointed or nominated by the winner of the 2024 US Presidential Election, they must swear in or assume office before May 1, 2025,
continues their pre-election role in the cabinet as of noon on January 27, 2025 without anyone nominated to replace them, or
swears in as the vice president after the 2024 US Presidential Election before May 1, 2025.
Unconfirmed acting heads of the executive departments do not count.
Cabinet of the United States means the vice president, the heads of the executive departments, and other Cabinet-level officials. It currently includes:
Vice President
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Director of National Intelligence
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Trade Representative
Ambassador to the United Nations
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
White House Chief of Staff
If a position elevated to Cabinet-rank, or a new department is created before May 1, 2025 then it will be included.
All times in DC time.
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3.00@Predictor Yep. Oh man, I'm surprised that some of you liberals didn't actually realize. Donald Trump doesn't care about the norms of your "democracy", he's gonna burn the system down and all the elites with it. Looking forward to Project 2025, there are some great changes in there!
@stardust i think a lot of the expectations that at least some of the members of this absolute shit show won't get confirmed are wishful thinking from conservatives.
@Shai first of all, I said "conservatives", not "Trump voters". Second, a lot of the Trump voters who are well informed enough to use niche political prediction markets convinced themselves that Trump wouldn't actually do the stupid policies he ran on and that he would nominate normal people like during his first term. Hanania is an example.
@Shai Everything else is so overshadowed by the blanket tariffs that it's almost pointless to talk about anything else, but I don't think informed conservatives are hoping for him to implement policies he floated such as abolishing the income tax in favor of tariffs, excempting tips from taxes, capping credit card interest rates at 10%, making overtime pay tax free... I think a lot of them are also think that mass deportations would be inflationary and bad for the economy.
Fwiw, I don't think he will actually do his grab bag of peronist tax giveaways but he will do tariffs and get his nominations through.
@Predictor βIf a position elevated to Cabinet-rank, or a new department is created before May 1, 2025 then it will be included.β
It sounds like this depends if DOGE is cabinet level or not
@aebaeb No one cares about approvals for a 2nd term. Fact of the matter is he not only won the EC, he also won the popular vote. That's all the "approval" he needs in his mind. And he's likely right.
He will try to use recess appointments
https://x.com/EdWhelanEPPC/status/1856800721397555264 We'll see if both houses allow the Senate to adjourn.
