The U.S. has launched a personnel race, the excitement around which is stirred up by the American press
12 November 2024 08:42
Elise Stefanik, 40, will be appointed as the US representative to the United Nations after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Stefanik is an ardent Trump supporter who defended him during his first impeachment trial in 2019 and is also known as the youngest woman ever elected to the US Congress. In the House of Representatives, she also voted against allocating aid to Ukraine until “the migrant crisis is resolved.” This was reported by Reuters the day before, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
Before that, CBS News shared information that Donald Trump would not invite former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley to join his future administration.
ABC News, citing its own sources , told everyone to whom the candidates for various positions can be grateful in case of victory or defeat. It turns out that none other than Elon Musk plays a key role in the formation of Trump’s future team.
“The world’s richest man spends almost every day at Mar-a-Lago with Trump, and his presence extends far beyond that (…) Musk is now analyzing Trump’s team selection,” ABC News sources say.
And according to the agency’s interlocutors, Musk does have a lot of work to do and may still have a lot of work to do.
For example, leadership races in two houses of Congress are expected to take place this week. MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak draws attention to this in his Telegram post.
He reminded that the current Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is completing his term as Senate party chairman, and this week Republican senators plan to elect a new one.
Yaroslav Zheleznyak identifies three candidates: two senators from the party’s “establishment” – John Thune of South Dakota and John Cornyn of Texas – and Rick Scott of Florida, who is supported by the party’s MAGA wing.
In the House of Representatives, Speaker Johnson will also face a challenge and a party vote on whether to extend his term as Speaker of the House. And, according to Yaroslav Zheleznyak, not all Republicans of the new convocation support him.
