US President-elect Donald Trump continues to appoint ministers and top officials for his government. On Friday, Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the minister of the department related to health and human facilities.
70-year-old Robert Jr. is a lawyer by profession
Kennedy is a member of America's famous political family. His father Robert F. Kennedy has been the Attorney General of America while former President John F. Kennedy was Robert Jr.'s uncle. Similarly, Trump has appointed North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as the US Home Minister. 70-year-old Robert Jr. is a lawyer by profession and is known as an environmentalist. He proved the propaganda about the vaccine wrong, due to which a large number of people used it and benefited from it.
Trump has said that Robert will make America healthy again. Burgum, who has been appointed Home Minister, has also been associated with a big software company in the past. At a party organized at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump expressed hope that Burgum will do a great job. Trump has appointed former MP Doug Collins as the minister of affairs related to elderly and former government employees.
Trump took a dig at Musk
The world's richest man Elon Musk, who was inducted into the government by Trump, actor Sylvester Stallone and many other prominent personalities were also present at the Florida party. On this occasion, Trump took a dig at Musk and said - Elon has been staying at Mar-a-Lago since the election. I will not ask him to leave from here because I like it very much.
US Defense Minister-designate Pete accused of sexual violence
As soon as President-elect Donald Trump nominated people for government posts in the US, a series of controversies has begun. Pete Hagsett, who has been appointed as Defense Minister, has been accused of sexual violence in 2017. Hagsett, who was an anchor for Fox News, was accused of this during a Republican Party women's event held in California. Hagsett's lawyer Timothy Parlater has called these allegations completely false.
He said that the police investigation conducted immediately after the allegation did not find any evidence of the incident. In another case, Democratic Party MPs have raised questions over the repeated phone calls of Minister-appointed Elon Musk with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials.
According to Reuters, the MPs have said that the Defense Ministry and the Attorney General should investigate the matter, it is a matter of national security. Along with this, the government contracts given to Musk's company SpaceX should also be investigated. Whereas Musk has denied talking to President Putin on the phone in recent days. Senior member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Jeannie Shaheen and member of the Military Affairs Committee Jack Reed have demanded an investigation into the allegations against Musk.
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