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Speaking Nov. 14 at Mar-a-Lago during a gala hosted by the right-leaning think tank the America First Policy Institute, Trump said he planned to formally nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary.
“Actually, he’s gonna head the Department of the Interior, and he’s gonna be fantastic,” Trump told the crowd. Burgum was also in attendance.
Burgum ran against Trump for the Republican nomination before dropping out in December and endorsing Trump the following month. He was also at one point on a shortlist to be Trump’s running mate.
When asked by reporters ahead of the gala about the possibility of joining the Trump administration, Burgum responded, “There’s been a lot of discussions about a lot of different things. And…like I said…nothing’s true till you read it on Truth Social.”
Trump made the announcement official in a statement on Nov. 15 and said Burgum would also lead “the newly formed, and very important, National Energy Council.” Trump said the council would include all the departments and agencies involved in “the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation of ALL forms of American Energy.”
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