Announcing via Truth Social, President Trump has outlined his selection for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in term-2.
President Trump announced his intent to nominate former New York Congressman, Lee Zeldin, to the position.
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Lee Zeldin is an attorney, and his announced nomination caught the DC proletariat off-guard. The announcement is an unusually prominent location in the line-up presentation given the generally obscure nature of the agency. Deregulation appears to be a significant agenda item in the T-2 administration.
Washington DC – […] The selection of Zeldin, a vocal Trump ally in Congress during his first term, was a surprise after Andrew Wheeler, who served as the second EPA chief during Trump’s first term, was widely thought to be the frontrunner for the post.
At EPA, Zeldin will carry out Trump’s energy and environmental agenda, which includes pulling back Biden-era rules on climate and air pollution and potentially rescinding millions of dollars in funding for clean energy under the Inflation Reduction Act. And the administration is expected to take a more aggressive stance in challenging California’s autonomy in enforcing environmental standards that are more stringent than those set by the federal government — many of which picked up as models for more than a dozen other blue states.







