Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury

Steven Mnuchin, a former employee and later partner of Goldman Sachs, financier within Wall Street and in Hollywood, and the national finance chairman for Trump’s campaign, was appointed as the Secretary of the Treasury. Although Mr. Trump previously regarded Mnuchin as “[robbing] our middle class,” his recent appointment could mean economic policy changes that closely reflect Trump’s promises. According to The New York Times, Mnuchin’s economic policy changes could include “enactment of a large package of tax cuts, sweeping changes to foreign trade agreements and the fulfillment of a huge new infrastructure spending program.”

James Mattis, Secretary of Defense

James “Mad Dog” Mattis is regarded as one of the most influential general of his generation. Prior to his appointment, Mattis served in the Marine Corps for more than four decades, as chief of U.S. Central Command, and a consultant to the Hoover Institution, a Stanford University-based think tank. According to The Washington Post, rumours about his early retirement in 2013 from chief of U.S. Central Command surfaced, as some claimed that “he was forced out after clashing with some in the Obama administration on Iran policy.” His recent appointment could signal stronger American presence in the Middle East, with more soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Tom Price, a physician and Republican representing Georgia’s sixth district, has previously served as a chairman of the Republican Study Committee and the Republican Policy Committee. In 2011, Price voted to end funding of the National Public Radio, dissolve the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program, and to increase funding for the Department of Defense. Like the president-elect, Tom Price wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a new program with the intent to “systematically weaken, if not demolish, the nation’s health care safety net” according to the New York Times. Like the appointed vice-president Mike Pence, he is against a woman’s right to choose and hopes to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood.