Trump nominates former wrestling CEO Linda McMahon and TV personality Dr Oz for cabinet roles

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated three big names to join his upcoming administration: former Worst Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of education, television personality and surgeon Dr Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, and Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to be secretary of commerce.

Here's what you should know about the three new additions to the Trump roster.

McMahon stepped down as WWE CEO to enter politics in 2009. She then ran for a US Senate seat in Connecticut in 2010 and 2012, but lost twice. In 2016, she donated $6 million (€5.67 million) to Trump's presidential campaign after he secured the Republican nomination.

Once elected, Trump chose McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration. She left the administration in April 2019 but continued to support Trump as chair of America First Action, a Super PAC that backed his reelection campaign in 2020.

After Trump lost to current US President Joe Biden, McMahon helped found the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing operation that continued to push Trump's agenda during the Biden administration while preparing a policy platform for a potential second Trump presidency.

Should her nomination be approved, McMahon will be in charge of bringing schools and universities in the US in line with Trump and his allies' radical vision for the future of education.

Trump has been vocal about his goal to get rid of "left-wing indoctrination", vowing to cut federal funding for “any school pushing Critical Race Theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children”.

The former and future president also wants to forbid lessons on gender identity and structural racism, abolish