Trump, Pence have spoken with nearly 30 foreign leaders – statement

Sen. John McCain, Republican of Arizona and the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, weighed in as well.

That’s the word from lawmakers who attended Thursday’s closed-door meeting with the IN governor. Let me tell you something about Mike Pence.

Faced with the daunting challenge of staffing a new administration including his close coterie of a cabinet, the president-elect remained ensconced in Trump Tower in Manhattan, taking calls from foreign leaders and meeting potential appointees, lawmakers and advisors. “Just the chaos that it creates in an administration just won’t work”, he said. Even so, Pence has unflinchingly defended and promoted Trump throughout the campaign.

President-elect Donald Trump‘s choice of Steve Bannon as senior advisor is drawing widespread criticism. He’s also asking Trump to cut ties with campaign CEO Steve Bannon. “Plus you’re trying to set up an administration for someone with no governmental experience and who operates a lot on whim and impulse”.

Pace reported from Washington.

“The Trump Administration will reverse decades of conciliatory trade policy”.

Mr. Trump has been criticized for the slow progress of the transition team, including waiting a week after the election to make contact with federal agencies.

Over 300 USA businesses have signed a statement calling on President-elect Donald Trump to support the Paris Agreement on climate change – including General Mills, eBay, Intel, Unilever, and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies.

The greatest danger, he said, is “the establishment boarding party”. “When does President Trump compromise an important secret?” Trump repeatedly referred to him as “Lyin’ Ted”.

“If a president-elect thinks it advisable to publish the list of leaders who called to congratulate him, fine: comms team releases the list”, conservative political commentator David Frum said on Twitter.

He told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday that Democrats “have to grab that idea of making things in America again”.

Seryl and Charles Kushner are the parents of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, who reportedly blocked Christie from becoming Trump’s vice presidential nominee and now has led the ouster of Christie allies from the president-elect’s transition organization. That paperwork didn’t arrive until Tuesday evening, White House spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine said. “And that’s what I really want to focus on”, Gingrich said.

One loyalist who will not be playing a role in Trump’s Cabinet is retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who advised Trump after dropping his own presidential bid earlier this year.

Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who followed Christie into the Trump campaign, commented on the situation taking place on the team after he was notified on Monday that he was out, saying to Anderson Cooper of CNN, “Sometimes in politics … there are people who are in and people who are out”.

Ingraham points out her background includes more than her syndicated radio show and writings.

That overhaul had put the brakes on transition talks with the White House.

Trump’s team noted that President Barack Obama waited until a few weeks after the 2008 election to announce many of his Cabinet appointments.

The Times, a frequent target of Trump’s Twitter blasts, said on Tuesday that US allies were “scrambling to figure out how and when to contact Mr. Trump” and blindly dialing in to Trump Tower in NY to try to reach him.

Duda congratulated Trump on his election and they exchanged invitations for state visits, but no timing was mentioned in the communique.

But by this morning, Trump’s team still had not delivered a series of required, supporting documents, including certifications that each transition member would abide by a code of conduct and would not divulge sensitive information about the inner workings of the government.

De Blasio spoke to reporters after his hour-long meeting at Trump Tower Wednesday, which he categorized as “respectful” and “candid” with a real “give-and-take”.

Mr Trump tweeted: “The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition”.