North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead Department of the Interior, Trump says [Video]

Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. The president-elect made the announcement informally, during a gala on Thursday at Mar-a-Lago.He told the crowd of Burgum, “Actually he’s going to head the Department of the Interior.”That came shortly after Burgum refused to talk about his future in the incoming administration. He told reporters before Trump took the stage, “There have been a lot of discussions about a lot of different things” before adding, “Nothing’s true until you read it on Truth Social,” referring to Trump’s social media site. Some things to know about Burgum, a two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state:Burgum’s background is in businessBurgum, 67, grew up in tiny Arthur, North Dakota, population 328. He earned a bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University and his master’s of business administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.He went …