Donald Trump Jr. contends ‘the swamp’ resents his father’s controversial cabinet picks

Published November 17, 2024 1:11pm ET



Donald Trump Jr. pushed back against the controversy some of his father’s cabinet picks have created, arguing the people President-elect Donald Trump is recruiting will “actually get things done.”

Following his victory in the 2024 presidential election, the former president has quickly selected who will serve in his new administration’s cabinet come 2025, with picks that have included former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general and Robert Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary. The president-elect’s son contended his father’s selections are different from when he won in 2016 because he knows who “the good guys” are and which ones are “fake.”

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