Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s last campaign chief and now a top adviser to his transition team, said that reports of disorganisation within the team were untrue, although she did say that probably no announcements of new appointments would be made on Wednesday.
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The official wouldn’t say whether Flynn had accepted the job.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who arrived Wednesday afternoon, has been angling for secretary of state, though his consulting work for foreign governments has emerged as a potential roadblock.
“An unattributed quote appeared in the press yesterday indicating that I had been appointed to the Trump transition team”, Gaffney, the founder of the Center for Security Policy, said in a statement.
Anyone joining the transition team or the administration will also have to provide written evidence they have terminated any previous lobbying registration.
In that speech, the President-elect outlined his plan for his first 100 days in office, including measures to amend or repeal the Affordable Care Act and re-empower American workers.
Similarly, Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the prestigious Foreign Relations Committee, was considered a possible candidate for secretary of state, but is now said to be off the list.
Another high-profile visitor to Mr Trump was USA secretary of state during the Nixon administration, Henry Kissinger, to discuss China, Russia, Iran, the European Union and other issues.
Lara Yunaska, wife of Eric Trump, son of President-elect Donald Trump, looks out from an elevator at Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in NY.
Coll said Breitbart News served as the de facto communications arm of the Trump campaign, and an alignment with the White House would be a departure from presidential tradition.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a respected Republican voice on national security issues, announced he was quitting the transition effort. “I am too, more than I can ever express”, she said.
Aides to Trump acknowledged that members of the transition team had been fired since the ouster of Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey as the head of the transition.
Leaks that Christie was pushed out because of lobbyists’ involvement came after reports that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was rubbing allies the wrong way in efforts to purge the transition team of Christie associates, per other sources. “Completely inaccurate”, said Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump. A campaign official said Freedman was let go because he works as a lobbyist.
Following his inauguration in January, Trump will become the first US President to have neither held office at any point in his career or have been a part of the military.
Establishment Republicans viewed the more recent developments with relief on Thursday – a signal that Trump may be giving more serious thought to addressing the deep fissures in his party.
So-called “landing teams” assigned to the Department of Defense, the State Department, the National Security Council and the Department of Justice will be submitted to the White House today and will soon begin their meetings with Obama administration officials, Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the president-elect, told reporters today. New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson were also spotted near the lobby’s gilded elevators on Wednesday. Kraft, who praised Trump before the MA primary earlier this year, briefly spoke with Mnuchin before going upstairs shortly before 2 p.m.
Cruz tells Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends” that he and the billionaire businessman who was his bitter campaign rival had “a far-reaching conversation” at Trump Tower. He did not answer any questions from reporters about the goal of his visit.
But progress has been slow toward transferring control of the federal workforce of 2.8 million people.
On “60 Minutes” Sunday, Trump acknowledged the transition team was stacked with DC insiders. After winning the election, Trump demoted Christie and put Pence in charge. We have also heard that Trump won’t want to sleep much in the White House and that he is likely to spend more time at Trump Tower. A top Trump aide said Giuliani remained a “serious” contender.
We expect that you, as the new leader of the free world, will preserve longstanding traditions that ensure coverage of the Trump presidency. But sources tell ABC News that the transition has been plagued by internal fighting and is in extreme disarray.
The White House was still waiting Wednesday night on names from the transition of the individuals who will form the landing teams.
Lu notes that part of Obama’s motivation is how helpful and gracious former President George W. Bush was with his outgoing presidential transition. But veterans of Washington’s transition rituals said Trump seemed to be further behind. “It is critical that they be allowed to do their jobs”, he said.
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Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, among others. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can.
