Donald Trump Jr has said there is no place in his father’s administration for “war hawks” amid growing signs the president-elect will follow through on plans to bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine.
Mr Trump Jr, who has taken an increasingly prominent role in Republican politics, backed calls to keep “neocons and war hawks” out of the White House after his father earlier ruled out a return for two prominent pro-Ukraine voices.
Retweeting a post from a Right-wing comedian that said: “We need maximum pressure to keep all neocons and war hawks out of the Trump administration” he responded: “Agreed... I’m on it.”.
The president-elect is in the process of selecting his Cabinet and hiring thousands of federal workers to staff his administration when he returns to power in January.
On Saturday, Mr Trump announced that he would not appoint Mike Pompeo, the former CIA director, or Nikki Haley, his former UN ambassador, to his new Cabinet.
Both have expressed strong support for the US supplying Ukraine with the weapons it needs to hold off Russia.
Questions remain as to how the incoming president will address the conflict, with Mr Trump repeatedly insisting that he will end it “in 24 hours”. »
