US President-elect Donald Trump chose a doctor Mehmet Oz, TV celebrity, as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Oz, known as “Dr. Oz” ran unsuccessfully for election to the Senate in 2022.

Trump, who supported Oz in this election process, said he would work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who was appointed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Our broken health care system is hurting all Americans and destroying our nation’s budget,” Trump said in a statement.

He noted that Oz will be a leader in “promoting disease prevention.”

Trump added that both countries must reduce what he called waste and fraud in government.

Trump appoints Fox News host as Secretary of Transportation

President-elect of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced this Monday nomination as the next Transport Minister Sean Duffy, leading chains Fox News and a former congressman from Wisconsin.

Duffy, 53, took the seat Congress between 2011 and 2019 and currently represents program O finance and politics in the chain Fox Business and also partners with Fox News, Trump’s favorite news channel.

This second participant cabinet announced by Trump who works for Fox, in addition to the next Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Duffy He gained fame in the late 1990s thanks to his participation in several television shows. reality showbefore serving as District Attorney for Ashland County, Wisconsin.

IN release, trump He emphasized that Duffy “is a Fox News STAR” and that, as a father of nine children, he knows “how important it is that families can travel safely and with peace of mind.”

He the elected president assured that his Secretary of Transportation “will prioritize excellence, competence, competitiveness and beauty in rebuilding America’s roads, tunnels, bridges and airports.”

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“Sean will use his experience And relationship which he built over many years in Congress to maintain and restore infrastructure our country and fulfill our mission to usher in a golden age of travel,” the next president said.

Trump said that Duffy, during his time in Congress, was ” voice And communicator Dearby his fellow Republicans and defended “fiscal responsibility, economic growth and rural development.”

If confirmed by the Senate, Duffy will replace the head of the Department of Transportation. Pete Buttigiegwho held this post during the Joe Biden administration and is one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party.

Sources: Reuters and EFE.