When it comes to the people Donald Trump wants advising him in a second term, the president-elect has a type. Accused of sexual misconduct? You’re a shoo-in for a Cabinet gig. Did time in prison? Step right up. Related to him by marriage? When can you start?
Another obvious plus, and one that apparently far outweighs actual experience, is having worked for Fox News or another Fox Corp. subsidiary While Pete Hegseth is the most prominent network personality to have received a nod—in his case, for defense secretary—he’s far from the only one Trump has poached from the conservative broadcaster. Others include Sean Duffy for transportation secretary* and Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon general, plus multiple additional Fox News contributors.
Trump’s most recent hire to have worked at the company is Monica Crowley, a conservative political commentator who spent years as a Fox News contributor. The incoming president nominated Crowley to serve as chief of protocol at the State Department, a job that deals in foreign diplomacy and is equivalent in rank to a US ambassador. According to Media Matters, Crowley has “pushed several bigoted conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama’s heritage, including promoting a documentary about his purported ‘real father.’”
After serving as Treasury Department assistant secretary for public affairs during the first Trump administration, Crowley “returned to punditry, claiming that the ‘deep state’ has been trying to destroy Trump through COVID-19…and assassination attempts.” She was also a contributor to Project 2025.
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Crowley’s nomination brings Trump’s Fox hires to one dozen. Of course, he can and likely will add to that number as he continues to fill out the ranks of his new administration.
In other Fox News business, Sean Hannity announced this week that Trump will be honored on Thursday with Fox Nation’s Patriot of the Year award, which “recognizes America’s patriots, including military veterans, first responders, and other inspirational everyday heroes,” and is in no way a made-up thing.
*If confirmed, Duffy would also have the distinction of being the first Real World cast member in history to hold a Cabinet position.
