Biden appoints Ron Klain as head of his future cabinet

Klain, a lawyer, has worked with Biden since the late 1980s. He is a critic of the way Trump handled the pandemic.

US President-elect Joe Biden announced on Wednesday 11-N the appointment of his veteran advisor Ron Klain, a strong critic of Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic, as his next White House chief of staff.

Biden said in a statement that Klain was an “invaluable” advisor, notably emphasizing the work they did together during the 2009 economic crisis and the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

“His vast and varied experience and ability to work with people from across the political spectrum is exactly what I need in a White House Chief of Staff as we tackle this time of crisis and unite our country again,” he added.

Klain, a lawyer by profession, has worked with Biden since the late 1980s, served as chief of staff in his early years as Vice President in the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017), and coordinated the Ebola response in the House. Blanca in 2014.

This, according to media reports, may have been the main reason Biden chose him for the office, as the president-elect has placed fighting the coronavirus pandemic as one of his government’s priorities.

With the record number of Covid-19 infections a day of 140,000 and more than 240,000 deaths, the United States has already been able to enter a third wave of pandemic, according to experts.

Klain was a harsh critic of President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic, who at first insisted that the coronavirus would go away on its own and then focused his policy on trusting that a vaccine would emerge that would place end to the disease.

The Democratic politician is also a veteran of the Capitol halls, an environment he has known well since serving in Biden’s Congressional office in 1989, when he was a Senator from Delaware, after graduating from Harvard Law School.

Klain, who has also served as an advisor to Obama and a member of the corporate boards of directors, has long been considered the most likely option to lead Biden’s team to the White House and end the chaos that has characterized the circle. Trump’s underwear, according to the media.

According to the New York Times, even before Biden reported his first appointments, the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party urges him to include figures from the more progressive spectrum among his advisors.

Biden is expected to announce his main White House aides, chosen by his circle of trust, in the coming days, despite Trump refusing to accept defeat and filing legal action in an attempt to reverse the election results.

However, he is not expected to reveal his future government members until the end of the month or early December.