Doug Burgum
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Trump additionally tapped Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota for Secretary of the Inside.
Trump indicated his intention to appoint Burgum whereas attending a gala for the America First Coverage Institute on November 15. Burgum was additionally in attendance.
“I will not inform you his identify, it is likely to be one thing like Burgum. Burgum,” Trump informed gala attendees.
“Truly, he will head the Division of Inside, and he will be improbable,” the president-elect mentioned.
If confirmed, Burgum will lead the Inside Division, which manages greater than 500 million acres of federal and tribal land.
“We’ll do issues with power and with land, Inside, that’s going to be unimaginable,” Trump mentioned.
Trump had reportedly thought of Burgum as a operating mate, alongside different candidates like Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. Trump finally picked Vance for his VP, and has since nominated Rubio for Secretary of State.
In July, Burgum informed CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Trump had referred to him as “Mr. Secretary” whereas notifying him that he wasn’t chosen because the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Like Trump, Burgum was a businessman earlier than coming into politics. In 2001, he offered his software program firm, Nice Plains Software program, to Microsoft for over $1 billion.
Burgum was elected governor of North Dakota in 2016, and his second time period is slated to finish in December. Burgum mentioned in January that he wouldn’t search a 3rd time period.
