JUST IN: President Trump Announces Senate HAS CONFIRMED Key Cabinet Level Position for New Administration

The last two days have been full of confirmation hearings for nominees chosen by President Trump to fill key positions in his new administration.

JFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel have taken up the majority of the airwaves regarding their respective nominations.

But President Trump took to social media just a short time ago with the news of a big win, the impact of which will surely be felt across energy markets and national security discussions for decades to come.

✅ CONFIRMED: Doug Burgum as the 55th Secretary of the Interior pic.twitter.com/2O4XksFKD6

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 30, 2025

President Trump’s ‘Rapid Response 47’ account broke the news on social media of Doug Burgum’s confirmation today with a 79 to 18 vote in the Senate.

The White House account on X quickly joined in congratulating Burgum, who has been touted as the person President Trump will rely on to re-implement “drill baby, drill” directives.

🇺🇸 @DougBurgum’s confirmation as Interior Secretary reflects President Trump’s commitment to safeguarding our public lands, achieving American energy independence, and ensuring responsible resource management.

America is BACK. pic.twitter.com/2fDtVsSq0D

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 31, 2025

A majority of democrats in the Senate joined Republicans voting in favor of Burgum’s confirmation, according to a report by the Associated Press:

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to boost fossil fuel production.

The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum.

Burgum, 68, is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who came from a small North Dakota farming community, where he worked at his family’s grain elevator.

He served two terms as governor of the oil-rich state and launched a presidential campaign in 2023, but dropped out months later and quickly endorsed Trump.

Trump also picked Burgum to chair a new National Energy Council that’s tasked with achieving American “energy dominance.” He would have a seat on the National Security Council — a first for the interior secretary.

His directive from Trump is to make it even easier for energy companies to tap fossil fuel resources, including from public lands.

You can bet that DRILL BABY DRILL is back, and so is American energy dominance!

Maybe most importantly, we will no longer fall prey to OPEC price manipulation and the economic leveraging that happens under democrat administrations who constantly cut America off at the knees in the interests of extreme environmentalism.

National security can’t exist without energy independence — and this is the guy President Trump will use to make that a reality once against for the United States.

🚨 #BREAKING: The US Senate has CONFIRMED Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior

Burgum has repeatedly promised to unleash American energy, and DRILL BABY DRILL!

Get ready for affordable gas again! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/XoDdGp0Crl

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 30, 2025

Of course the abysmal Senator from Hawaii, Mazie Hirono, voted against him — along with just one other Senator.

The abundance that President Trump has been touting lately will come through a policy that taps America’s natural energy resources.

Burgum will directly oversee environmental policies for American public lands, according to a report in The Hill:

Burgum, a one-time candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination-turned-visible Trump campaign surrogate, has been among the president’s least controversial nominees. He advanced out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week in a nearly unanimous vote, with only Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) voting against the nomination.

As Interior secretary, Burgum will oversee environmental policy and the nation’s public lands. Trump has vowed on the campaign trail and in his early actions as president to expand oil and gas development and roll back environmental protections enacted under the Biden administration. In remarks at his confirmation hearing, the former governor signaled support for those priorities, saying, “We live in a time of tremendous abundance, and we can access that abundance by prioritizing innovation over regulation.”

The vote comes the day after the Senate confirmed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin in a 56-42 vote.

Check out his speech from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee six months ago.

As a former governor, he applauded President Trump for cutting through red tape and taxes which he described as having ‘a beautiful breeze’, compared to having the ‘gale force wind’ in your face with Biden in the White House.

Burgum’s confirmation is a sure vote in favor of energy dominance, and our ability to stand toe-to-toe with China as they attempt to supplant America as the global leader in multiple arenas.

While Burgum’s confirmation wasn’t considered a hard sell in Congress, every victory is a celebration right now in the Trump White House as they seek to place the right people in key positions to ensure success over the next four years.