Trump selects bor­der com­mis­sion­er and Chi­na ambas­sador in flur­ry of selec­tions

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Trump selects border commissioner and China ambassador in flurry of selections

Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump announced a flur­ry of new Cab­i­net selec­tions on Thurs­day night, includ­ing his choic­es for his Bor­der Patrol com­mis­sion­er, U.S. Immi­gra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment act­ing direc­tor, and ambas­sador to Chi­na.

Trump made six dif­fer­ent choic­es, with the major­i­ty geared toward home­land secu­ri­ty and immi­gra­tion.

Trump nom­i­nat­ed Rod­ney Scott to be his com­mis­sion­er of U.S. Cus­toms and Bor­der Pro­tec­tion. Scott served as his Bor­der Patrol chief from Feb­ru­ary 2020 to August 2021.

“Rod­ney served near­ly three decades in the Bor­der Patrol, build­ing vast expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge in Law Enforce­ment and Bor­der Secu­ri­ty,” Trump post­ed on Truth Social. “Rod­ney served as the 24th Chief of the U.S. Bor­der Patrol, where he imple­ment­ed Remain-in-Mex­i­co, Title 42, Safe Third Agree­ments, and achieved record low lev­els of ille­gal immi­gra­tion.”

The pres­i­dent-elect also nom­i­nat­ed Caleb Vitel­lo to be the act­ing direc­tor of ICE and Tony Sal­is­bury to be his deputy home­land secu­ri­ty advis­er for the White House Home­land Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil. Vitel­lo is a 23-year vet­er­an of ICE and served as the assis­tant direc­tor of the Office of Firearms and Tac­ti­cal Pro­grams.

Sal­is­bury serves as the spe­cial agent in charge for ICE and is expect­ed to work under Stephen Miller in the new role.

Trump also made a major for­eign pol­i­cy move, nom­i­nat­ing for­mer Geor­gia Sen. David Per­due to be his ambas­sador to Chi­na. Per­due served one term in the Sen­ate before los­ing to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D‑GA) in a 2021 runoff. Trump said he would bring “valu­able exper­tise to help build our rela­tion­ship with Chi­na.”

“He will be instru­men­tal in imple­ment­ing my strat­e­gy to main­tain Peace in the region, and a pro­duc­tive work­ing rela­tion­ship with China’s lead­ers,” Trump said. “David has been a loy­al sup­port­er and friend, and I look for­ward to work­ing with him in his new role!”

Trump also nom­i­nat­ed Bran­don Judd, the pres­i­dent of the Nation­al Bor­der Patrol Coun­cil, as his ambas­sador to Chile.

Trump began his evening selec­tions by nom­i­nat­ing for­mer Pay­Pal COO David Sacks to be the “White House A.I. & Cryp­to Czar.”

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“In this impor­tant role, David will guide pol­i­cy for the Admin­is­tra­tion in Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence and Cryp­tocur­ren­cy, two areas crit­i­cal to the future of Amer­i­can com­pet­i­tive­ness,” Trump said. “David will focus on mak­ing Amer­i­ca the clear glob­al leader in both areas. He will safe­guard Free Speech online, and steer us away from Big Tech bias and cen­sor­ship. He will work on a legal frame­work so the Cryp­to indus­try has the clar­i­ty it has been ask­ing for, and can thrive in the U.S.”

He lat­er added that Sacks has the “knowl­edge, busi­ness expe­ri­ence, intel­li­gence, and prag­ma­tism to MAKE AMERICA GREAT in these two crit­i­cal tech­nolo­gies.”