In a flurry of nominations last week and over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump added nine potential officials to his administration, including hedge fund manager Scott Bessent for treasury secretary, Brooke Rollins for agriculture secretary and Project 2025 author Russell Vought as head of the Office of Management and Budget. Most of Trump's picks share a certain quality: Loyalty. Bessent, for example, raised money for Trump's campaign, and both Rollins and Vought were part of the administration during Trump's first term in office. Rollins' selection as agriculture secretary rounds out Trump's choices cabinet-level secretary positions. RELATED STORY | Here's who Trump has asked to join his administration Trump and his cabinet appointments now face confirmation tests in the Senate, which are not a guarantee. Pushback from senators against Trump's first pick of Matt Gaetz for attorney general, for example, show that lawmakers are prepared to scrutinize and object to at least some of Trump's appointments. "The Senate, of course, under the Constitution, has the job of advising and consenting on nominations, and I take that responsibility very seriously," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) told CBS' "Face the Nation." "It will be really important that the new Republican leader in the Senate uphold the Senate's prerogatives under the Constitution and not try to do an end run." Another concern, raised by President Biden's White House, is that the Trump transition team has not yet signed memorandums of understanding or ethics pledges that smooth the transition from one administration to the next. Without the paperwork in place, the FBI has so far not been able to conduct background checks into administration appointments.
Marine engineers and Naval architects under the auspices of Nigerian Institution of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (NIMENA) have said that Nigeria’s maritime infrastructure need $1 billion upgrade. The Marine engineers and Naval architects, who converged for 13th Annual Conference held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, noted that going by increasing decay and infrastructure deficits in the maritime sector, $1 billion would be required to bridge the gap in the maritime sector. While identifying inadequate power supply, steel production, and financial support as the bane of development in maritime industry, NIMENA added that banks’ refusal to accept vessels as collateral due to their classification as movable assets further compounded problems in the sector. Speaking through a communiqué, NIMENA lamented dormancy of Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund (CVFF) and lack of funds to acquire vessels and compete with foreign vessel owners. They also worried about the waiver system which allows the Minister of Transportation to issue waiver to foreign vessels to do what Nigerian vessels ought to do, just because Nigerian maritime operators do not have the vessel. Read also: Indigenous ship acquisition hindrances, vessel financing crisis, reecho at marine engineers summit The stakeholders noted the problems of maritime industry and the blue economy on how limited access to capital hampering indigenous operators and minimal disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financial Fund (CVFF). On maritime safety compliance, NIMENA said with over 90% of global trade reliance on maritime transport, safety standards are paramount for safeguarding lives and the environment. The Body of Marine engineers and Naval architects called for stengthening certifications and standards to drive professionalism, enhance safety, and stimulate economic development. Delivering a keynote address, Andrew Aligbe, a Marine Engineer and Managing Director of Gelose Marine Services Limited, dwelt on the Cabotage Act and the Role of Waivers in Advancing the Maritime Industry; He mentioned Technological Innovations in Naval Architecture; Maritime Safety Compliance; Establishing Marine Classification Standards for Shipbuilding; and Welding Standards and Regulations in Maritime Engineering as part of variables needed for a robust development in the maritime industry.
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O n the Southern Boulevard bridge next to President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, there is a parked car festooned with Trump flags. Jestin Nevarez — who blasts out a rap version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” titled “Trump Saved the USA” on repeat — is the owner. “I come out here and show support,” he told The Independent . “And right now, Mar-a-Lago is a tourist attraction. So when people drive by, they see the flags, they hear the music, they stop in and they have a good time.” People do indeed stop to take photos of Nevarez’s car and snap photos of the once and future president’s estate. Palm Beach has changed in the years since Trump first became president. In 2016, Palm Beach County voted for Hillary Clinton by more than 15 points. It went on to vote for Joe Biden by about 13 points. But this last election, Palm Beach County moved more in line with its most famous resident, when Kamala Harris won it by less than a point. Later in the day on Friday, Angelique Morgan, a former reality television personality who goes by the name Frenchy Morgan, arrived in a pink Chevy convertible to talk with Nevarez and take photos. Morgan said she has been to Mar-a-Lago three times. “I'm absolutely fascinated with Trump,” she told The Independent . “If he's not the American dream, I don't know who is.” Morgan, who is a French-born naturalized American citizen, said she was particularly excited that Trump has brought on Elon Musk onto his team. “Trump adopted Elon, right? And I love it,” she said. “And I think it's amazing this time around, he has strong people around him who have more money than him, who can also help him and protect him.” Brandee Sisting was excited to visit Mar-a-Lago on Saturday for an event with Charlie Kirk. She’d traveled to Florida from Ventura, California specifically for it. Sisting said that on election night, she wasn’t optimistic. In 2020, it looked like Trump was going to win and then he didn’t, after all. “So I went to bed, I just said, ‘No, I'm gonna go read my Bible and I'm gonna go to sleep. I'm exhausted,’” she said. “And the next morning I woke up and my husband said, ‘He got it, Brandee. He won.’” Mar-a-Lago and Palm Beach are not the same as Washington, however — and Trump’s return to DC since his second electoral victory has been rocky. His nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, another Florida man and former congressman, took himself out of the running after a series of controversies . Nobody, not even his biggest supporters on Capitol Hill, are sure what his proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — led by Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — will actually do . Pete Hegseth, his nominee to be Defense Secretary, continues to be on the ropes and it remains unclear whether Republicans will vote to confirm him . But back on Southern Boulevard, voters want Republicans to get behind Trump’s picks. Nevarez flagged how Hegseth’s mother retracted her previous criticisms of her son in an interview on Fox News . “Honestly, at this point, our country is so in disarray and and torn up that I don't care about somebody's personal life,” Nevarez said. “I want to know what they're gonna do for us, what they gotta do for our country.” “A lot of Republicans, they might as well switch their names to Democrats, because that's what they are,” he continued. “It's the MAGA movement and Trump's movement. It's common-sense America first. Trump's not a natural conservative, he's not a natural Republican. He's common-sense America First.” Nevarez said he had been particularly rankled by the behavior of outgoing Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn. “They've been taking advantage of we the people and the government for years, and getting filthy rich off their positions as civil servants,” he said. Sisting, for her part, said she hoped that the GOP would come around. “I'm not frustrated with the Republicans if they become educated,” she said, adding that she is a former Democrat herself. “[Trump] is a good businessman, we got to give him a chance, and he has to surround himself with people that are ethical and truthful.” As the celebrations continued outside Trump’s estate, tourists continued to arrive to snap photos. But, despite his popularity here in Florida, Trump’s star power might not be bright enough to burn the Senate down.
