Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz are Trump's picks for State Department and National Security Advisor

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: American media, quoting informed sources, reported that US President-elect Donald Trump appointed Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State and Florida Republican Representative Mike Waltz has chosen him as his national security advisor in Congress.

According to this report, Senator Rubio is one of Trump's most radical options in the list of candidates for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the past years he has been a supporter of strong foreign policy actions, considering America's geopolitical enemies such as China, Iran and Cuba.

In recent years, he has moderated some of his views to be a little closer to Trump's.

These sources, who asked not to be named, added: Although the president-elect can always change his opinion about a person at the last moment, it seems that he has made up his mind about Rubio.

According to this report, the Ukraine crisis will be the main issue for the Department of Interior under Rubio's command. In his recent interviews, he stated that Ukraine should focus on negotiations rather than focusing on regaining control of all the areas that Russia occupied during the last decade. He was one of the 15 Republican senators who did not vote in favor of the $95 billion US aid package for Ukraine.

 

Mike Waltz, Trump's choice for national security adviser

Also, two knowledgeable sources told Reuters that Donald Trump has chosen Mike Waltz as his national security adviser.

The position of National Security Advisor is a powerful post that does not require Senate confirmation. Waltz is responsible for briefing Trump on key national security issues and cooperation and coordination with various agencies.

According to the report, Waltz is a Trump loyalist who served in the National Guard and is a staunch critic of China's actions in the Asia-Pacific region, and has spoken about the need for the United States to prepare for a potential conflict in the region. According to him, the prepared army is not sufficiently prepared to face a possible battle in the Pacific Ocean.

While strongly criticizing the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, he has openly admired Trump's foreign policy views. Regarding the Ukraine crisis, Waltz also believes that the Biden administration should send more weapons to Kiev in the war with Russia so that the Russian forces are forced to retreat.

Mike Waltz has a long history in politics. He was the Director of Defense Policy at the Department of Defense under Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates, and was elected to Congress in 2018. He is currently the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, which is responsible for evaluating military calculations. He also serves on the Congressional Select Committee on Intelligence.

 

Trump has chosen the governor of South Dakota as Secretary of Homeland Security

CNN reported that Donald Trump has chosen South Dakota Governor Kristy Nome as Secretary of Homeland Security.

According to the report, Nome, who was one of Donald Trump's running mate, is currently running for another four-year term as governor of South Dakota.

In recent months, he has gone through turbulent political days, and because of his statements about hating their family farm, many of Trump's advisers believed that his position was lost in Trump's eyes.

The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for everything from border protection and immigration to crisis response and the Secret Service.

Meanwhile, two informed sources told CNN that President-elect Donald Trump offered the post of US ambassador to the United Nations to Elise Stefanik.

Also, Donald Trump appointed Tom Homan, the former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as the head of the country's borders in his new administration.

In addition, Trump wrote on Saturday in a post on his social network: Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, and Mike Pompeo will not be invited to participate in his new administration.

The US presidential election was held on November 5, and Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, was elected as the president of the country by crossing the threshold of 270 votes in the Electoral College. The Republicans also took control of the Senate, and according to the evaluations of the website Decision Desk, the Republicans also control the majority of the Congress.

According to Tasnim, after Congress approves the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2025, Trump will officially take power on January 20, along with his deputy, JD Vance.