U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Scott Turner, former chairman of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), as his nominee for Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Scott Turner was nominated as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the second term of the Trump administration. AFP Yonhap News
In a statement on the 22nd (local time), President-elect Trump introduced Turner as “an NFL (professional football) veteran who has led unprecedented efforts to transform some of America’s most disadvantaged communities.” “Scott will work with me to make America great again for all Americans,” he added.
Turner is the first black ministerial candidate in President-elect Trump’s second administration. He played for the NFL Washington Redskins from 1995 to 2004. He later entered politics and served as a member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017. During President-elect Trump’s first administration, he was in charge of the WHORC, which was newly established by presidential executive order in 2019.
This evening, President-elect Trump made a flurry of announcements about key positions in the next administration, starting with the nomination of Scott Bessent, founder of the hedge fund Key Square Group, as a candidate for Treasury Secretary. Congressman Lori Chavez-Deremer was nominated as Secretary of Labor, and Turner, HUD’s candidate for Secretary, was announced, completing the selection of all ministerial candidates except for the Secretary of Agriculture.
