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Trump nominates Elise Stefanik to serve as UN ambassador: Live updates
Donald Trump has picked New York Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as ambassador to the UN in his forthcoming administration after earlier announcing that Tom Homan will be his border czar, taking responsibility for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
The president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform that Homan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), would be in charge of “the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security”.
He added: “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders.
“Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.
“Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job.”
Homan subsequently told Fox and Friends on Monday morning that he has already begun receiving death threats from people opposed to his plans.
Trump will meet with Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss a transition schedule as the Senate elects a new majority leader to replace the outgoing Mitch McConnell, with GOP senators John Cornyn, John Thune and Rick Scott in contention.
Stephen Miller expected to be Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy
Trump’s former senior adviser, an inexplicable favorite on right-wing cable news, is set to join Susie Wiles, Tom Homan and company in his next administration as White House deputy chief of staff for policy, CNN is reporting.
The man recently described by Jesse Watters of Fox News as a “sexual matador” was the face of many of the 45th president’s nastiest immigration policies last time around.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 15:50
Watch live: Joe Biden marks Veterans Day with wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 15:30
Trump’s election win casts long shadow over crucial UN climate summit
The Republican’s win has rather killed the buzz at Cop29 as the all-important environmental gathering gets underway today in Baku, Azerbaijan, particularly given Trump’s history of dismissing global warming as a “hoax”, withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement and recent rhetoric raving about “liquid gold” and taking a “drill baby drill” approach to fossil fuels.
Here’s more from Stuti Mishra.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 15:20
Republicans push for criminal probe into Trump’s hush money judge
Florida Representatives Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills have floated the idea that criminal charges could be brought against Judge Juan Merchan – who oversaw the president-elect’s New York business fraud trial this spring and could yet sentence him to jail – as well as his daughter Loren Merchan and Special Counsel Jack Smith, despite Jordan’s assurance this administration is not about vengeance.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 15:00
Jordan quizzed over claim MAGA only cries fraud when Trump loses
Here’s more from the Republican Representative, who was put to the sword by Dana Bash yesterday about just why it is that his party alleges election fraud only when their candidate is defeated – a good question he comprehensively failed to answer.
Mike Bedigan has the details.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 14:40
Top Republican pollster accuses Harris advisers of ‘political malpractice’
Veteran GOP pollster Frank Luntz has accused Kamala Harris’s campaign advisers of committing “political malpractice” for fixating on Trump’s flaws rather than telling the electorate “about her”.
Luntz sat down with ABC News’s Jonathan Karl on This Week and argued that the vice president’s campaign aides set her up for failure due to a lack of focus on creating her own political identity and policies.
Here’s more from James Liddell.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 14:20
Homan says he’s already received death threats since border czar unveiling
Speaking on Fox and Friends this morning, Tom Homan – Trump’s new border czar – has revealed that his family are “not at home right now” because they’ve already been receiving death threats since his appointment was announced by the president-elect on Truth Social last night.
Homan told the hosts dismissively that such threats are “something we are going to deal with”.
“They are not going to bully me away,” he added.
The official explained that it will be his job to realise Trump’s promise to carry out “the largest deportation operation in history” and that he will begin by targetting those that “a federal judge said you must go and they didn’t”.
Addressing migrants, Homan said: “You have the right to claim asylum. You have a right to see a judge. We make that happen… [But if the] judge says you must go home, then we have to take them home.”
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 14:00
Jim Jordan denies Trump will carry out threats to go after rivals
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan tamped down on worries that the president-elect will weaponize the federal government against his political enemies on Sunday, even as Trump himself has publicly promised to do so, as the graphic below illustrates.
Here’s John Bowden on what Jordan had to tell CNN’s State of the Union.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 13:50
Trump set to announce Elise Stefanik as his UN ambassador
The congresswoman now appears to have accepted the position we mentioned earlier, telling The New York Post in a statement:
“I am truly honored to earn President Trump’s nomination to serve in his Cabinet as US Ambassador to the United Nations.
“During my conversation with President Trump, I shared how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate.”
As it stands, she still requires the approval of senators.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 13:30
Vivek Ramaswamy teases role in Trump’s second administration
The biotech CEO appeared on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, where he was asked by Jonathan Karl whether he will be part of a second Trump administration, one which the Trump transition team is thought to be crafting around political appointees who value loyalty to Trump above all else.
Ramaswamy was evasive about what exact role he might play but confirmed he was having “high-impact discussions” about his path forward.
Joe Sommerlad11 November 2024 13:10