President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to select North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as his nominee to be the secretary of the Department of the Interior.
“We have a big announcement, and I won’t tell you, it’s — I won’t tell you the name of his, the exact name,” Trump teased during his remarks at Mar-a-Lago for an America First Policy Institute event. “I think he’s an incredible person, got an unbelievably wonderful wife named Kathryn. So, I won’t tell you — his name might be something like ‘Burgum.’ Burgum.”
“He’s from North Dakota. He’s going to be announced tomorrow for a very big position,” Trump added before pointing to and waving at Burgum.
Moments later, he announced that Burgum is “going to head the Department of Interior, and he’s going to be fantastic.”
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