What Trump’s White House could look like if he wins in 2024: Report

Former President Donald Trump is in the process of vetting staffers to fill out his Cabinet during a second term if he succeeds in winning the GOP nomination next year.

Trump has ramped up his rhetoric in recent weeks about reshaping the executive branch from the ground up, including bringing in major players from his first term and recruiting top out-of-office allies to help him.

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Axios founders Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei reported Thursday morning that Trump’s two core criteria — “pre-vetted loyalty to him” and willingness to expand the powers of the executive branch — have zeroed in on a number of past officials, including former advisers Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Kash Patel, and Johnny McEntee.

Vice president

Trump is considering a number of big-name national conservatives to join him as vice president on the 2024 ticket after parting ways with former Vice President Mike Pence, who ran a short-lived campaign for the GOP nomination himself.

In addition to a list of current members of Congress, there are rumblings that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been floated as an option to join Trump on the campaign trail. His name cropped up at the request of former first lady Melania Trump, according to the report.

Carlson could lend Trump youth and additional conservative star power, but some advisers worry that Trump is concerned that Carlson could “outshine” him.

“I like Tucker a lot,” Trump responded in November when asked about Carlson as a potential running mate. “He’s got great common sense.”

Trump is also considering MAGA loyalists such as Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).

Attorney general

Trump has railed against a Department of Justice he claims has been weaponized by President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland. But the former president reportedly has a hard-nosed fighter of his own in mind to run the nation’s top law enforcement office.

Miller, who was the mind behind Trump’s most controversial immigration rules, could reportedly be tapped to run the DOJ or be inserted in another Cabinet position where he could resume overseeing immigration policy.

If he were selected for the role, Miller would have the support of another member on Trump’s Cabinet short list. Carlson has told Axios Miller would be his first choice, saying, “He’s a serious person, and he understands how the system works.”

Chief of staff

During the first Trump administration, Bannon served as an adviser and strategist. During a second term, Trump might be considering bringing the podcast host into the West Wing in another capacity.

Bannon and Trump had a falling out midway through Trump’s term, but the strategist has won back Trump’s favor with his podcast and consistent messaging about the benefits Trump would have for the country.

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A number of prominent conservative think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation, are already backing Trump’s desire to fill a second administration with MAGA diehards, and Axios reported that the groups are using artificial intelligence from Oracle to identify Republican politicos who fit the bill.

Advisers to Trump’s current reelection effort stress that the former president has not settled on any Cabinet-level positions for staff but is actively concerned with avoiding filling his inner circle with people who will oppose his directives.