Who could make up Trump's Cabinet? Here are the business leaders that could rise to power in a 2nd term

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Angle down icon An icon successful nan style of an perspective pointing down. Former President Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing some erstwhile White House advisor Stephen Miller and hedge money billionaire John Paulson for his imaginable Cabinet. AP Images
  • Donald Trump's adjacent Cabinet will apt beryllium stocked pinch loyalists.
  • Trump has said he's learned who he should support astir him if he wins predetermination successful November.
  • While immoderate billionaires could get apical posts, it's imaginable Trump assembles a postulation of vocal allies.

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Former President Donald Trump has said his adjacent Cabinet would not beryllium for illustration his last.

"I'm not going to bring galore of those group back," Trump told Time Magazine successful April. "I had immoderate awesome people. I had immoderate bad people."

Trump was responding to a mobility astir why nan majority of his erstwhile Cabinet has not endorsed him.

The erstwhile president entered Washington arsenic an unprecedented neophyte who had ne'er held governmental agency aliases served successful nan military. In 2016, Trump assembled a so-called "gold-plated" Cabinet that was nan wealthiest successful modern history. But nan advantage Trump told Time he has successful selecting a 2nd Cabinet is that now, he knows everybody.

And what Trump cares astir about for his 2nd administration, according to multiple reports, is loyalty above each else.

In a connection shared pinch Business Insider, Trump run spokesperson Steven Cheung said, "President Trump announced a Trump Vance modulation activity group to initiate nan process of preparing for what comes aft nan election. But general discussions of who will service successful a 2nd Trump Administration is premature."

A database of Harris' imaginable Cabinet picks is available here.

Here's a look astatine nan apical business names that whitethorn extremity up successful Trump's Cabinet

Elon Musk

Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Musk, who appeared astatine a Trump rally successful Butler, has spent astir $10 cardinal boosting nan GOP successful House races. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has go 1 of Trump's astir powerful supporters and donors.

The X proprietor could nab a position successful Trump's Cabinet if nan erstwhile president is reelected.

Trump has said he'd see taking Musk up connected his offer to shape and past lead a Department of Government Efficiency, which would attraction connected reducing spending and regulations.

At Trump's New York rally successful Madison Square Garden, Musk told nan crowd that he'd trim $2 trillion from nan Biden-Harris budget, without providing further specifications connected really aliases what he would cut.

A Trump spokesperson antecedently told Business Insider that "President Trump is committed to having Mr. Musk lead this committee to analyse nan functionality of our government."

Howard Lutnick

A man stands astatine a Trump/Vance podium

Howard Lutnick astatine a Trump's Madison Square Garden rally successful New York successful October. ANGELA WEISS / AFP

Howard Lutnick, nan CEO of financial-services institution Cantor Fitzgerald and co-chair of Trump's modulation team, has been a adjacent state of nan erstwhile president for years. He appeared connected "The Apprentice," and has helped raise complete $75 cardinal for nan erstwhile president's campaign, including $10 cardinal he donated himself, Politico reported.

In his domiciled connected Trump's modulation team, Lutnick has been vetting imaginable appointees for a 2nd Trump management and, though he did not mention circumstantial names, he has suggested to The Philadelphia Inquirer and to The Financial Times that loyalty to Trump will beryllium 1 of nan astir important factors successful a candidate.

People adjacent to Lutnick person speculated that nan Wall Street financier himself could beryllium tagged for a domiciled successful Trump's Cabinet, for illustration US ambassador successful Jerusalem aliases moreover Treasury Secretary, according to Bloomberg.

Scott Bessent

Scott Bessent is seen astatine Sun Valley successful 2018

Billionaire Scott Bessent has said that he's betting that nan banal marketplace will sprout moreover higher if Trump wins successful November. Drew Angerer/Getty

Key Square Group laminitis Scott Bessent has besides been considered arsenic a imaginable prime to service arsenic Trump's Treasury Secretary, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Of each of Trump's imaginable Cabinet picks, Bessent mightiness boast nan astir different resume arsenic a erstwhile apical charismatic astatine Soros Fund Management, a monolithic $30 cardinal patient founded by George Soros, who Trump has often criticized.

Bessent funded a conservative publishing firm, All Seasons Press, which he sold successful 2024. A period later, Bessent wrote successful a Key Square statement that he was betting connected a "Trump rally" based connected nan belief that stocks would soar higher if nan erstwhile president won.

Trump has praised Bessent, precocious calling him "one of nan astir superb men connected Wall Street" and "respected by everybody," according to the Wall Street Journal.

Doug Burgum

Donald Trump looks connected arsenic Doug Burgum endorses him

Former President Donald Trump has hinted that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum would beryllium successful his adjacent administration. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

North Dakota Governor and businessman-turned-politician Doug Burgum was considered a apical contender for Trump's moving mate earlier nan erstwhile president selected JD Vance.

But Burgum could still people a position successful Trump's Cabinet if he wins successful November.

Burgum told CNN's Kaitlan Collins successful July astir erstwhile Trump called to show him he wasn't selected arsenic nan Republican vice statesmanlike candidate. During that call, Burgum told Collins that Trump had referred to him arsenic "Mr. Secretary," apparently suggesting that Burgum whitethorn beryllium successful nan moving for a position arsenic caput of state.

The erstwhile package institution CEO has not confirmed whether he would judge a domiciled successful a 2nd Trump administration, instead reiterating that he is focused connected serving retired his last days arsenic North Dakota's politician and making judge Trump wins successful November.

Burgum has remained successful Trump's bully graces since endorsing him up of nan Iowa caucuses. He has often been a apical Trump surrogate connected cablegram TV.

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