President-elect Trump announced three key appointments to White House offices on Monday, including two who served during his first term.
The announcement included the appointment of James Braid, who will return to the White House as the deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Legislative Affairs.
Braid worked in legislative affairs at the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term, and since then he has served as the lead policy staffer for Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.
Braid has also served as chief of staff for multiple members of Congress, and has taken on several other senior policy roles on Capitol Hill since 2015.
Trump also announced Alex Latcham will return to the White House as the deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Liaison.
Latcham previously served as special assistant to the president and deputy political director during Trump’s first term.
For the past eight years, Latcham served Trump as a senior deputy political director for his campaign and for the Republican National Committee.
The third person to be appointed is Matt Brasseaux, who will serve as deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Affairs.
Brasseaux worked as a deputy political director for the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee in 2024.
He also served as a regional political director for the Republican National Committee and campaign manager for now-Gov. Joe Lombardo in Nevada.
Trump needs people he knows and has a close, trustworthy relationship with around him . Anyone on the left should be considered an enemy.
Trump is the definition of Loyalty. All these people he is hiring back must be trusted as loyal to him. I admire a person who rewards loyalty. If they had not cheated on the 2020 election those people would have enjoyed another 4 yrs of employment, Trump is amazing!
President Trump has every right to bring into his administration whomever he wants and trusts and loyalty is the first thing that should be on their resume in his first term there was some backstabbing but this time I believe he is getting it right.