Trump Cabinet members actions and issues (second term)


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Abortion     Elon Musk: Has equated abortion to "murder" and "genocide".

Budget & Economy     Larry Kudlow: $6.2 trillion in aid; we think we can get through this.     Elon Musk: I just don't want America to go bankrupt.

Civil Rights     Elon Musk: OpEd: Should apologize for giving Nazi salutes.     Sean Duffy: When you focus on social justice bad things happen.     Elon Musk: Banned the word "cisgender" from X.com.

Crime     Elon Musk: Claims police are failing to hold criminals accountable.

Drugs     Kristi Noem: Tariffs on Canada, Mexico really about fentanyl.     Elon Musk: Supported reforming cannabis criminal penalties.     Mehmet Oz: Address substance abuse with Medicaid app.

Education     Betsy DeVos: Cut funding if transgender students to compete by gender.     Linda McMahon: Trump is a proponent of school choice for quality education.     Elon Musk: Urged Texas to pass school choice bill .

Energy & Oil     Elon Musk: Opposed Trump pulling out of Paris climate agreement.     Lee Zeldin: 2009 Endangerment Finding assumptions replaced by 2025 facts.     Lee Zeldin: 2016: be better stewards; 2025: unleash energy dominance .

Environment     Lee Zeldin: Clean up Superfund sites, brownfields, and raw sewage.

Foreign Policy     Mike Pompeo: Chinese Communist Party co-opted World Health Organization.     Kristi Noem: Canada can help us or they can get in the way.     Marco Rubio: Zelenskyy tried to Ukraine-splain on every issue.     Mike Waltz: Permanent NATO membership for Ukraine incredibly unlikely.     Mike Waltz: Denmark literally has a couple of dogsled teams in Greenland.     Mike Waltz: US foreign aid has become incredibly bloated.     Mike Waltz: Reassert American leadership in the Western hemisphere.     Elon Musk: Has supported far-right politicians in Italy & Germany.

Free Trade     Marco Rubio: China has gotten away with unfair trade practices.     Marco Rubio: We're resetting the baseline for new bilateral agreements.     Elon Musk: Will continue with India suppliers regardless of tariffs.     Mehmet Oz: Tariffs on India and Europe to equalize U.S. drug prices.

Government Reform     Elon Musk: FEMA is broken: shut it down entirely.     Kristi Noem: Get rid of FEMA the way it exists today.     Linda McMahon: States know better where and how to spend education money.

Gun Control     Elon Musk: The Second Amendment is sacred.

Health Care     Mehmet Oz: Save Medicaid despite costs rising due to tariffs.     Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Let people make informed choices about food products.

Homeland Security     Elon Musk: Manned fighter jets obsolete in the age of drones.

Immigration     Kristi Noem: Work with local officials to locate dangerous criminals.     Kristi Noem: Don't prioritize people from other countries above Americans.     Marco Rubio: We welcome white refugees from South Africa.     Mike Waltz: TDA is acting as a proxy of the Maduro regime.     Elon Musk: Defends H-1B program bringing in high-skilled immigrants.

Jobs     Larry Kudlow: You can't have a good job without a healthy business.     Elon Musk: 2020: support DEI initiatives; 2025: banned DEI initiatives.

Principles & Values     Ben Carson: Coronavirus: Go about normal activities if you're healthy.     Donald Trump: Pardons Michael Flynn and Roger Stone in Russia probe.     Alejandro Mayorkas: Radicalization not just in military, but society writ large.     Elon Musk: On Biden budget reconciliation: "This bill should not pass".

Social Security     Elon Musk: DOGE access to Social Security system, to cut costs.     Elon Musk: Called it "the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time".

Tax Reform     Elon Musk: Opposed bill raising taxes on new wind and solar projects.

Technology     Sean Duffy: We're dealing with really old equipment at our airports.     JD Vance: Left-wing is biggest driver of mass censorship .     Lee Zeldin: No state or federal electric vehicle mandates.

War & Peace     Marco Rubio: We don't know if the Russians want to make a deal on Ukraine.     Marco Rubio: Both Russia and Ukraine will have to give something up.     Marco Rubio: We don't want just endless talks on Ukraine.     Marco Rubio: We're doing the entire world a favor bombing the Houthis.     Mike Waltz: We will hold Iran responsible for attacks by the Houthis.     Mike Waltz: Not realistic to expel Russians from every inch of Ukraine.     Mike Waltz: Not clear Zelenskyy was ready to negotiate in good faith.

Welfare & Poverty     Mehmet Oz: Work requirement of 20 hours/week to qualify for Medicaid.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of DHS Ben Carson HUD Secretary Betsy DeVos Former Education Secretary Donald Trump Republican former President Elon Musk CEO and DOGE leader JD Vance Ohio Republican Vice Presidential nominee Kristi Noem South Dakota Republican Larry Kudlow Connecticut Former Council of Economic Advisers Lee Zeldin New York Republican challenger for Governor Linda McMahon Connecticut Former Small Business Administration Marco Rubio FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate Mehmet Oz Republican Challenger Pennsylvania Mike Pompeo Kansas Former Secretary of State Mike Waltz Robert F. Kennedy Jr. District of Columbia Independent presidential Challenger Sean Duffy Republican U.S. Rep Wisconsin-7