Elaine Chao, the former labor secretary in the George W. Bush administration, will be named transportation secretary in the Trump administration.
Chao’s forthcoming nomination will be announced Tuesday afternoon by the Trump transition team, Politico reported.
Then-Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao with President Bush in 2002.APChao is married to the Senate majority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), perhaps the person most responsible for getting Trump’s initiatives passed on Capitol Hill.
Chao was part of a Bush Alumni Coalition that helped elect Trump, releasing a public letter in support of the Republican nominee in September. She served all eight years of the George W. Bush administration.
She met with President-elect Trump last week, on Nov. 21, at Trump Tower in Midtown to discuss a job in the administration.
