On Thursday, Donald Trump tapped Rodney S. Scott, his previous head of Border Patrol, for commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and Caleb Vitello as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Trump has vowed to enact mass deportations as soon as he returns to office.
In other transition news, Trump selected venture capitalist and former PayPal COO David Sacks as his “AI and crypto czar.” The created position won’t require Senate confirmation or financial disclosures, though it’s likely to directly benefit Sacks’s various business interests in Silicon Valley. Sacks is a close ally of Elon Musk and is expected to push for more deregulation.
In related news, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped by Trump to run a proposed “Department of Government Efficiency,” met with Republicans on Capitol Hill Thursday to push plans to “dismantle” the federal government. New federal filings confirm Musk spent over $250 million to help elect Trump.