The New York Post reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, told all Cabinet nominees to stop posting on social media before Senate confirmations.
“While this instruction has been delivered previously, I am reiterating that no member of the incoming administration or Transition speaks for the United States or the President-elect himself,” Wiles wrote in a memo obtained by The Post.“Accordingly, all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White House counsel,” she said in the Dec. 29 missive.The first-ever female chief of staff, nicknamed the “Ice Maiden,” also noted that she appreciates “how enthusiastic everyone is” about joining the second Trump term in her otherwise frank directive.
I looked at some of the nominees’ X accounts. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, HHS Secretary nominee Robert Kennedy Jr., and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins haven’t posted since the weekend.
Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard tweeted a sunset picture this evening.
Transportation Secretary nominee Sean Duffy hasn’t posted since December 20.
The silence makes sense. We all know the media will dissect anyone associated with Trump closer than anyone else.
The Republicans have a small majority in the Senate. The nominees can only lose three Republican votes.
The nominees have already started their interviews with Senators. Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (PA) is the only Democrat who has met with them. He’s already told everyone he’s voting for State Secretary nominee Sen. Marco Rubio and UN Ambassador nominee Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Fetterman has not said he will or will not vote for the other nominees. He’ll give each one a fair chance.
I wish the other Democrats would do the same thing. You know…their job.
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold Hegseth’s confirmation hearing on January 14, six days before Trump’s inauguration.
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