Donald Trump’s transition team vowed that his nominees would “be very broad and diverse, both with the Cabinet and the administration”, Trump would go on to choose a cabinet with a smaller proportion of women and nonwhites than any president’s first cabinet since Ronald Reagan.
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- State: Rex Tillerson, white male, net worth is $300 million
- Attorney General: Jeff Sessions, white male, estimated worth $7.5 million
- Treasury: Steven Mnuchin, white male, net worth $300 million
- Defense: James Mattis, white male, net worth $5 million
- Interior: Ryan Zinke, white male, net worth $800,000
- Agriculture: Sonny Perdue, white male, net worth of approximately $6 million
- Commerce: Wilbur Ross, white male, net worth $2.5 billion
- Labor: R. Alexander Acosta, white male, net worth estimated $965,000
- Health: Tom Price, white male, net worth $10 million
- Housing: Ben Carson, African American, net worth $29 million
- Transportation: Elaine Chao, Chinese American, net worth $24 million
- Energy: Rick Perry, white male, net worth $2 million
- Education: Betsy DeVos, white female, net worth of $5.1 billion
- Veterans: David Shulkin, white male, an estimated net worth of $17,154,101
- Homeland Security: John F. Kelly, white male, net worth $4 million
- CIA: Mike Pompeo, white male, net worth estimated $456,000
- UN: Nikki Haley, white female, net worth estimated $1.6 million
- EPA: Scott Pruitt, white male, net worth estimated $551,000
- Small Business: Linda McMahon, white female, net worth $500 million
- OMB: Mick Mulvaney, white male, net worth estimated $7.3 million
- DNI: Dan Coats, white male, net worth estimated $22 million
- US Trade Rep: Louis Lighthizer, white male, net worth estimated $73 million
- CEA: Kevin Hassett, white male
So much for broad and diverse.