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Tech executives have been taste to influence the incoming Trump governance to nominate Silicon Valley insider for storage locker positions , The New York Times report .
give Elon Musk ’s strong family relationship with Donald Trump , many of these thought movement have been directed towards him , including by admirer of Musk like Joe Lonsdale , the atomic number 27 - founder of Palantir and venture firm 8VC , who has reportedly purport some ideas .
technical school drawing card have also reportedly float Emil Michael , passee - Uber COO , to head the Department of Transportation . Before joining Uber in 2011 , Michael was a White House fellow in the Obama administration and a special help to Robert Gates at the Department of Defense . Michael was reportedly force out ofUber in 2017 , shortly before Uber ’s founderTravis Kalanick was pushed toresign from the troupe .
Jim O’Neill , a longtime companion of Peter Thiel , was meanwhile suggested to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , allege the Times , though Trump opt vaccinum - skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
O’Neill ’s name has make out up before , notes the outlet . He was recommended to steer the FDA during Trump ’s first administration ; at the time , he was working for Thiel’sMithril Capital Management .
