In a flurry of announcements on his Truth Social platform, President-elect Donald Trump confirms that Peter Navarro, who served as Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy during Trump's first term, will return as Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing for his second. Navarro served a four-month prison term earlier this year for contempt of Congress after ignoring a subpoena from the House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot. There is the prospect that Trump could offer Navarro a pardon on taking office, with Trump saying on election day that "he’s a good man, he was treated very unfairly”. 

• Trump: "During my First Term, few were more effective or tenacious than Peter in enforcing my two sacred rules, Buy American, Hire American. He helped me renegotiate unfair Trade Deals like NAFTA and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), and moved every one of my Tariff and Trade actions FAST. [...] His mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas...."
• Navarro is viewed as one of the most hawkish members of Trump's inner circle with regards to trade, not only towards China but also allies such as Germany.
• The president-elect also confirms the nomination of Daniel Driscoll as Secretary of the Army. He most recently worked as Senior Advisor to Vice President-Elect JD Vance. Meanwhile, Michael Whatley is set to return as chair of the Republican National Committee alongside Trump's daughter, Lara. A lead negotiator on the Abraham Accords team ,Adam Boehler becomes Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, while entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman heads up NASA.