Fox News will be well represented in the new Trump administration

On January 21, 2025By Littum

So far, President Trump has selected at least 19 former Fox News hosts, reporters and commentators for senior positions in his second term in the White House.

Some of the posts are among the most important in the country. He has tapped before Fox & Friends Weekend host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, former Fox pundit and US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and former Fox Business host, US Rep. and reality star Sean Duffy as transport secretary.

It’s hardly a new dynamic for the 45th and now 47th president. Trump appointed 20 Fox affiliates to his administration during his first four-year term, according to the liberal watchdog group Media Matters. This time, however, he nearly matched that number at the start of his second term.