Trump announces presidential transition team

McMahon's position at the top is of particular significance in light of Trump's ongoing effort to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's own presidential transition project.

By Ben Whedon

Published: August 16, 2024 10:50am

Former President Donald Trump on Friday announced the members of his presidential transitional team.

Co-chairing the team will be Linda McMahon of the America First Policy Institute and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick. Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump will serve as honorary chairs.

“The 2024 GOP Platform to Make America Great Again is a forward-looking agenda that will deliver safety, prosperity and freedom for the American people. My administration will deliver on these bold promises,” Trump said in a press release. “We will restore strength, competence and common sense to the Oval Office. I have absolute confidence the Trump-Vance Administration will be ready to govern effectively on Day One.”

McMahon's position at the top is of particular significance in light of Trump's ongoing effort to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's own presidential transition project. Trump's choice of leader for the transition team appears signal that AFPI will play a more prominent role in shaping a second Trump administration than will the established conservative think tank.