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President Donald Trump bizarrely claimed that he selected Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary after seeing his former governor’s wife, Katherine, riding a horse.
The president made the remarks during a meeting of senior officials in the Oval Office on Thursday night.
“I saw them on video riding horses,” Trump said. “I said, ‘Who is that?’ I was talking about her, not him.
“I said, ‘I’m going to hire him,’ because any guy that can be around someone like you, it’s an amazing tribute.”
Trump announced at an Oval Office event that Katherine Burgham will lead the White House’s “Great American Recovery Plan” alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Like Kennedy, who talked about her recovery from heroin addiction, Katherine Burgum has opened up about her past substance abuse, particularly her difficulties with alcohol.
When Doug Burgum was governor of North Dakota, Kathryn Burgum launched the Renewal Reinvention initiative as the state’s first lady.
Burgum was expected to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, but withdrew after failing to gain any support. He endorsed Trump shortly thereafter.
The governor was also expected to be Trump’s running mate before Trump ultimately selected J.D. Vance to be his vice president for his second term in the White House.
After Trump won, he nominated Burgum, who was term-limited as governor and could not run again, as Interior Secretary.
Burgum faced a relatively uncontested confirmation vote, receiving 80 votes in favor, with just 17 Democrats voting against his nomination.
But not all Trump administration officials are exempt from the commander-in-chief’s scrutiny. period Thursday cabinet meetingThe president did not acknowledge Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has been controversial for actions by immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of two civilians.
Meanwhile, the president has made a series of ridiculous and illogical comments in recent weeks.
He repeatedly called Greenland “Iceland” during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Voters are increasingly questioning Trump’s fitness for the job, just as they were with his predecessor, Joe Biden.
aYouGov/The Economist Polls this week showed that 34% of Americans believe the president’s cognitive abilities have significantly declined, while 15% believe his cognitive abilities have declined slightly.
But many Republicans defended accusations of his decline.
“Is this a serious issue? This president sleeps about three hours a night,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Independent earlier this month.
“He worked two to three times better than everyone in this building. He got more done in his first year as president than anyone in history. I can’t even believe you asked me that question.”