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Cabinet Rankings
Trump Cabinet · Inaugurated Jan 2025
Trump Cabinet members and White House officials ranked by People's Champion vs. Hawk Index
Most hawkish → least hawkish · 28 members
🦅 Hawk Index — Trump Cabinet
1
Stephen Miller
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy / Homeland Security Advisor
RCalifornia
98/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ5
2
Kristi Noem
Secretary of Homeland Security
RSouth Dakota
88/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ15
3
Tom Homan
Border Czar (Homeland Security Advisor)
RNew York
92/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ8
4
Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
RMinnesota
95/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ12
5
John Ratcliffe
CIA Director
RTexas
85/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ20
6
Kash Patel
FBI Director
RNew York
90/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ8
7
Tulsi Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence
RHawaii
82/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ25
8
Pam Bondi
Attorney General
RFlorida
78/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ22
9
Russell Vought
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
RVirginia
80/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ10
10
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States
ROhio
65/100
Hawk
🕊 Champ38
11
Marco Rubio
Secretary of State
RFlorida
78/100
Extreme Hawk
🕊 Champ28
12
Elise Stefanik
US Ambassador to the United Nations
RNew York
72/100
Hawk
🕊 Champ18
13
Jamieson Greer
US Trade Representative
RIllinois
55/100
Hawk
🕊 Champ28
14
Former
Elon Musk
Senior Advisor / DOGE (Former)
ITexas
58/100
Hawk
🕊 Champ15
15
Chris Wright
Secretary of Energy
RColorado
48/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ22
16
Susie Wiles
White House Chief of Staff
RFlorida
52/100
Hawk
🕊 Champ20
17
Howard Lutnick
Secretary of Commerce
RNew York
45/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ25
18
Doug Burgum
Secretary of the Interior
RNorth Dakota
42/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ25
19
Lee Zeldin
EPA Administrator
RNew York
42/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ35
20
Doug Collins
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
RGeorgia
35/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ28
21
Sean Duffy
Secretary of Transportation
RWisconsin
30/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ52
22
Brooke Rollins
Secretary of Agriculture
RTexas
28/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ55
23
Linda McMahon
Secretary of Education
RConnecticut
28/100
Moderate
🕊 Champ32
24
Scott Bessent
Secretary of the Treasury
RSouth Carolina
25/100
Dove
🕊 Champ30
25
Kelly Loeffler
SBA Administrator
RGeorgia
22/100
Dove
🕊 Champ30
26
Scott Turner
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
RTexas
20/100
Dove
🕊 Champ50
27
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of Health and Human Services
INew York
18/100
Dove
🕊 Champ62
28
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary of Labor
ROregon
22/100
Dove
🕊 Champ68
WhatsUpCongress.com⚠️ Methodology Note
Cabinet officials do not produce directly comparable legislative-vote records. Rankings blend role-based weighting, portfolio logic, and public posture. Not a legal or academic determination.