The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative on Feb. 26, 2025. The Senate voted 56-43 in favor of his nomination, with five Democrats and 51 Republicans voting in favor. This was the 19th member of President Donald Trump’s (R) Cabinet confirmed in his second presidential term.
Trump announced on Nov. 26, 2024, that he had selected Greer as his nominee for U.S. trade representative. Trump said of Greer’s nomination, “Jamieson will focus the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on reining in the Country’s massive Trade Deficit, defending American Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Services, and opening up Export Markets everywhere.” The Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing for Greer on Feb. 6, 2025, and voted 15-12 to advance his nomination.
Greer received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and worked in private practice with a focus on trade law. He served as chief of staff to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during Trump’s first presidential term. Following his position as an official in the Trump administration, he began working as a partner at King & Spalding, where he “covers trade remedies, trade policy and negotiations, trade agreement enforcement, export and import compliance, and CFIUS matters.” Greer also served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
A presidential Cabinet is a group of senior federal officials who advise the president on the issues and activities of their respective agencies. The number of officials in a Cabinet can vary across presidential administrations. While not explicitly identified in the Constitution, the Cabinet secretaries are the 15 agency heads who are in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also part of the Cabinet.
During Trump’s second term, the following offices are also Cabinet-rank positions: White House chief of staff, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. trade representative, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the director of National Intelligence, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the ambassador to the United Nations.