Trump says he will nominate Bernhardt for secretary of interior

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U.S. President Donald Trump and acting U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt arrive to place a wreath at the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington
U.S. President Donald Trump and acting U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt arrive to place a wreath at the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

February 4, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday he would nominate David Bernhardt, a former energy lobbyist, to be secretary of the interior.

Bernhardt is currently the acting secretary at the Interior Department, the agency overseeing U.S. public lands. “David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to having his nomination officially confirmed,” Trump said on Twitter.

(Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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