Prospective team members must not now be paid lobbyists and must agree to adhere to a five-year ban on participating in lobbying activities after leaving government and a lifetime ban on representing foreign governments, Spicer said. They also requested that the new administration comply more quickly and fully than the Obama team with requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act, to show “the American people, and the world, that the republic belongs to the people”.
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Trump acknowledged on Sunday that his transition team included a number of D.C. insiders, but he pledged to “clean up the system” to make the so-called revolving door from government to K Street more hard to pass through. “But the problem that Donald has is that he doesn’t trust many people”, said Michael D’Antonio, Author, “The Truth About Trump”.
President-elect Donald Trump, a foreign policy novice, was deepening his focus on national security Thursday, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as a former secretary of state and a possible contender to be his top diplomat.
Some of the alleged internal fights have been attributed to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who – according to some versions – may have pushed for the removal of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as head of the transition team.
Trump was a fixture on the NY social scene when he was younger, but those close to him say he’d become more of a homebody even before he began running, preferring to camp out in front of the television at night watching cable news.
The spokesman said that anyone who said otherwise was in all likelihood a disgruntled former member of the transition team or someone who was “bitter” about the result of the election.
– A flurry of activity unfolded at Trump Tower Wednesday as politicians, business executives and education leaders met with President-elect Donald Trump. His choice of Republican Party insider Reince Priebus to be White House chief of staff was heralded by Republican leaders as an indication he wanted to work with Congress. Republicans maintained their majority in both the Senate and House in the election, but a number of Republicans in Congress opposed Trump’s candidacy.
Media said Trump has inquired about getting top-secret clearance for Kushner – a real estate developer who is married to Ivanka Trump – so that he can join the daily presidential briefings.
Trump won the USA presidency on November 9 in a result which shocked many who had expected her to win following favourable opinion polls. New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft also entered the gilded elevators for meetings and Trump officials said later that the president-elect also met with Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., and Wall Street financier and economic adviser Steve Feinberg. She says they talked about infrastructure and child care.
Still, his reported instigation of removing experienced hands like Rogers was described to CNN by sources as a “knife fight” that was “mainly divided along the lines of establishment Republican operatives against more nontraditional influences on national security issues”.
Hawkish former United Nations ambassador John Bolton and retired general Michael Flynn reportedly are also among those shortlisted for top administration jobs.
That’s according to her new biography on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition website, GreatAgain.gov.
Trump’s actions, both as a candidate and now as president-elect, are troubling signs for reporters covering his incoming administration. He specifically cited as another “friend” Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon, whose selection as a top White House adviser has created a backlash among Democrats. His allies suggested that might ultimately prove positive for Mr. Trump if he was able to assemble a functioning team that would bring new perspectives to his administration.
Indeed, Trump hadn’t been seen outdoors since Thursday, when he traveled to Washington to meet with Obama and Republican congressional leaders.
“We call on you to commit to a protective press pool from now until the final day of your presidency”. State Department officials said Trump’s team had not yet contacted the department’s counselor, Kristie Kenney, who is overseeing the transition there. Most of the calls had previously only been confirmed by those leaders’ governments.
On Monday Trump touted his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin – whom he repeatedly praised throughout the campaign even as USA intelligence found the Russian government had hacked into the Democratic National Committee to try to influence the American elections.
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The process of agency landing teams was delayed, in part, by paperwork.
