President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25 named three more people who will serve in his White House.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected James Braid, a close ally of Vice President-elect JD Vance, as director of legislative affairs in his White House. He also chose Matt Brasseaux as director of the Office of Political Affairs and Alex Latcham as director of the Office of Public Liaison.
All three will also be deputy assistants to the president, according to the announcement.
Braid served in the first Trump White House in the Office of Management and Budget, which was led by Mick Mulvaney and, at the end of Trump’s first term, by Russ Vought.
Braid has also worked for the Washington Free Beacon, Heritage Action for America, and various lawmakers, including Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.).
More recently, he has served as legislative director and, since 2024, deputy chief of staff to Vance, a senator from Ohio.
He is married to Melissa Brown Braid, another Trump White House and Budd veteran. She currently serves as communications director for the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Braid joins a White House filling up with first-term veterans, including Stephen Miller, chosen as deputy chief of policy.
Latcham, like Braid and Miller, served in the first Trump White House. He was special assistant to the president and deputy political director. He was key to an operation during the 2024 campaign that coordinated activities between outside groups and the Trump team.
He also gained fame for facilitating outreach to members of Congress during the campaign.
Brasseaux was also critical to the 2024 election effort, leading operations in Arizona and Nevada, both of which the president-elect won.
The Midwestern State University graduate’s background includes work on the gubernatorial campaign of Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican.
