Donald Trump has started making official appointments before taking oath as the 47th President of the United States.
Trump’s swearing-in ceremony for the presidency will be held on January 20, 2025, after which he will be able to officially acquire the powers of the presidency.
In America, the newly elected president makes about 4 thousand political appointments, which takes several months.
As the first official appointment, Trump has appointed Susan Summerall Wiles (Suzy Wiles) as his Chief of Staff. Susan was the co-chairman of Trump’s election campaign.
Apart from this, he has chosen Tom Homan for the responsibility of American borders, Alice Stefanik for the ambassador to the United Nations, and Lee Zeldin for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
There are many such names about which it is being speculated that they can play a big responsibility in the Trump administration.
Many of these names are also of Indian origin. Apart from Vivek Ramaswami, another big name is that of Kashyap Pramod Patel alias Kash Patel.
44-year-old Patel is considered to be one of the most loyal people of Donald Trump.
May get important responsibility
Media reports are discussing that Kash Patel can be made the head of America’s intelligence agency CIA in the Trump administration.
The CIA i.e. Central Intelligence Agency collects intelligence about global issues and different countries, which is shared with the President, National Security Council, and other institutions. This intelligence helps America in making decisions related to national security.
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This includes fighting terrorism, preventing the expansion of nuclear and non-conventional weapons, protecting the country from foreign spies, and spying on other countries.
The CIA is headquartered in Virginia, America. The director of this agency is chosen by the President of America, for which the approval of the Senate is necessary. The Director of the CIA reports to the National Intelligence Director.
Work in the field of intelligence
According to the US Defense Ministry, Kash Patel has served as the Chief of Staff of the US Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.
Before this, Patel was the Deputy Assistant to the President of the National Security Council and the Senior Director of the Counterterrorism Department.
According to the Defense Department, Patel has played an important role in many major operations during Trump’s tenure. During his tenure, ISIS chief Al Baghdadi, Al Qaeda’s Qasim al Rimi were killed, as well as the safe return of American hostages.
He has also been the Principal Deputy to the Acting Director of National Intelligence. In this role, he oversaw the operations of 17 intelligence agencies and briefed the President daily.
Before joining the National Security Council, Patel worked as a senior lawyer for the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Here he led the investigation into the alleged Russian campaign to influence the US presidential elections in 2016.
Kash Patel has overseen sensitive programs for the Intelligence Community and US Special Operations Forces.
He has also helped create legislation that funds billions of dollars to intelligence and counter-terrorism around the world.
Before working for the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Patel worked as a terrorism prosecutor in the US Department of Justice.
He began his career as a lawyer, where he fought cases ranging from murder, and drugs to complicated financial crimes in the courts.
Kash Patel’s personal life
Kash Patel is the son of an Indian immigrant. According to media reports, he was born into a Gujarati family and his father worked in an aviation company.
Patel is a native of New York. He graduated from Richmond University. After this, he returned to New York and obtained a law degree.
He has also obtained a certificate in international law from University College London, UK. He loves playing ice hockey.
Kash Patel runs a company called Trishul. In the year 2023, this company took about one crore rupees as consulting fees from Trump’s website Truth Social.
Trishul has also worked as a consultant for the Trump-supporting Save America unit and has received more than Rs 1 crore from here in the last two years.
Kash Foundation
Kash Patel also runs an NGO called Kash Foundation. This NGO provides financial assistance to military personnel and law enforcement agencies.
This NGO also spends money to provide scholarships to American children for studies and to help whistleblowers.
In an interview, he said that this NGO is also helping those who are accused of the Capitol riots in the year 2021.
Calling to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election, Trump’s supporters climbed Capitol Hill. The mob also reached the Senate chamber where the election results had been certified just minutes earlier. The mob was motivated to ensure that Biden could not get a certificate of victory in the 2020 election.
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