On Thursday, President-elect Trump announced several appointments to his administration, including the team that will work with his nominee for US Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced that Ken Case would serve as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy.
Case, a tax lawyer for 47 years, served as chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation and senior Republican tax counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee.
Also joining the team is Alexandra Britt, who Trump appointed as a senior advisor to the secretary.
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Trump appointed Hunter McMaster to serve as his director of policy planning, and Daniel Katz was appointed to serve as his chief of staff.
Trump wrote that Katz is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a graduate of Yale University. Katz also served as a senior advisor at the Treasury Department.
Trump appointed Samantha Schwab, deputy chief of staff at the Treasury Department, who worked in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs during the president-elect’s first term.
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“They are all wonderful, hardworking patriots who will work tirelessly to make America great again,” Trump said of the team.
In addition to the appointments to the Treasury Department, Trump announced that Benjamin Leon James will be the next US ambassador to Spain.
“Benjamin is a highly successful businessman, philanthropist, and philanthropist. He came to the United States from Communist Cuba when he was 16, with only five dollars in his pocket, and proceeded to build his company, Leon Medical Centers, into an incredible company. Business “Trump wrote.
“He has helped support many worthy causes, such as the Spanish Cancer League, and important medical research at Johns Hopkins and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.”
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Trump also appointed Joe Popolo to be the next US ambassador to the Netherlands.
Popolo helped turn Freeman’s company into what Trump called “the world’s leading live event brand experience company.”
Popolo also serves as Founder and CEO of Charles & Potomac Capital, LLC; and Chairman of Pinnacle Live, LLC; And as a member of the board of directors of Ondas Holdings.
“Joe is the winner of the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award and also received the Dallas Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO Award,” Trump wrote. “He is a proud graduate of Boston College, a member of its Board of Trustees, and also a patron of the arts at the Vatican Museum.”
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Trump also appointed Cora Alvey to be his deputy chief of staff.
Alfie most recently served as Deputy National CFO to Donald J. Trump at President Inc., Trump wrote.