Trump source says Elaine Chao is Transportation pick

Nov 29, 2016-Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading US airlines, today applauded President-Elect Trump’s nomination of The Honorable Elaine Chao to serve as the next Department of Transportation Secretary. “Someone actually asked [spokesman Don Stewart] if I was going to recuse myself”. In every position she’s distinguished herself and done a great job. Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat.

Chao will be the third female candidate to be nominated to Trump’s cabinet.

Although Trump spoke on the campaign trail about wanting to “drain the swamp” in Washington, more than half of Trump’s nine key appointments so far have been accomplished Washington insiders, such as Chao.

“We’re excited with how the administration is coming together and we think this is gonna be a great day”, Miller said.

The situation with her husband is not unheard of: Elizabeth Dole was DOT Secretary from 1983 to 1987 while married to Bob Dole, who was majority leader from 1985 to 1987.

The department oversees highways, railroads, pipelines and hazardous materials, aviation, mass transit, waterborne transportation, truck and bus safety, and automobile safety. Preliminary recommendations on how to approach Trump’s plan were nearly certainly part of the discussion when the pair met at Trump Tower last week, so it’s safe to say that Chao and Trump are in early agreement on a way to move forward with his policy proposal. She was the first Asian-American woman to serve in a Cabinet position. Surprisingly, Trump’s choice for Secretary of Transportation seems to go against one of campaign selling points. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was selected to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, and school choice activist and philanthropist Betsy DeVos has been nominated for secretary of education.

But her selection on Tuesday also signalled Mr Trump’s understanding of the need to have people who can help him accomplish the most ambitious parts of his agenda, even if they are from the political establishment he has so often scorned.

The New York Times also reported Tuesday that Trump is planning to select Wall Street alumnus and movie financier Steven Mnuchin as secretary of the Treasury Department.