President-elect Donald Trump has officially nominated Ryan Zinke, a retired Navy SEAL commander, as the 52nd Secretary of the Interior 2017–2019. Zinke was born on November 1, 1961, in Bozeman, Montana and served as the U.S. representative for Montana’s 1st congressional district since 2023. The Senate voted 68-31 in Zinke’s favor, one of the wider victories for a Trump cabinet appointee.
In announcing the nomination, Trump praised his military background and praised his military background. Zinke is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Montana’s 1st congressional district since 2023. President-elect Trump made official that he intends to nominate Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a retired Navy SEAL with a mixed record on the issue.
Zinke would be charged with carrying out the aggressive pro-drilling agenda championed by the Trump administration. He is expected to be a familiar face that will want to go back. President-elect Trump also announced his intent to nominate Interior Department veteran Douglas William Domenech as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular.
In summary, President-elect Donald Trump has offered the position of Interior Secretary to Ryan Zinke, a retired Navy SEAL commander, as the 52nd Secretary of the Interior from 2017 to 2019. Zinke’s appointment comes as a significant victory for Trump’s cabinet and the future of Montana’s political landscape.
📹 Trump picks Zinke for US Interior Secretary
(15 Dec 2016) President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday the nomination of Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke as Interior.
📹 Was Rep. Ryan Zinke, Trump’s Interior Secretary Pick, Caught in “Pattern of Fraud” at SEAL Team 6?
Http://democracynow.org – The Intercept’s Matthew Cole reports that Rep. Ryan Zinke, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be …
Meh, If I were putting my life on the line for “my country”, I’d think the least they can do is fly me on their dime to wherever I needed to go. This is small potatoes, I suspect more pens, paper, and pencils get pilfered than this guy racked up in cost. I hear that this is not a dismissive issue by many, but I gotta say, traveling on the company dime doesn’t freak me. Not to say that he didn’t warrant the reprimands, but for me I’m not staying awake thinking it’s hot news. All this talk of ethics to folks we train to be expert killers seems weird to me. I guess they killed others ‘ethically’? I wonder if there are people that still believe that is the way “we” kill people “over there”, canoed heads ‘n all?