Trump announces Doug Burgum as his pick for interior secretary
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to select North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as the nominee to be the secretary of the Department of the Interior.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to select North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as his nominee for secretary of the interior.
"We have a big announcement, and I won’t tell you, it’s — I won’t tell you the name of his, the exact name," Trump teased in his remarks at Mar-a-Lago, his home in Florida, for an America First Policy Institute event. "I think he’s an incredible person, got an unbelievably wonderful wife named Kathryn. So, I won’t tell you — his name might be something like 'Burgum.' Burgum.
"He’s from North Dakota. He’s going to be announced tomorrow for a very big position," Trump added before he pointed to and waved at Burgum.
Moments later, he announced that Burgum is "going to head the Department of Interior, and he's going to be fantastic."
Reached for comment, Burgum spokesperson Rob Lockwood said Burgum's team is waiting to comment until Friday, when Trump said he will make the formal announcement.
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