Trump meets with Japan’s PM, Nikki Haley, other possible Cabinet choices

The move is a crucial part of the government transition before Trump’s January 20 inauguration.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is rumored to be a candidate for Secretary of State.. “We’re averaging one gift per minute”, Tofel said. His whereabouts became clear only after a fellow diner tweeted a picture of the president-elect arriving at the restaurant. He’s said his financial dealings, which ranged from contracts with the government of Qatar and the huge Canadian company behind the Keystone XL pipeline to paid speeches to groups with financial interests in countries that he would deal with as secretary of State, aren’t the same as the charges that he and Trump leveled during their “lock her up” campaign tour. Note that earlier this year The Washington Post instituted a running clock to taunt Hillary Clinton for her lack of media availability on the campaign trail.

Several Trump aides did not immediately answer requests on Wednesday for comment about the Abe visit or contact between the transition team and the State Department.

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. The report also said the Trump team was looking at how Homeland Security “could move rapidly on border wall construction without approval from Congress by reappropriating existing funds in the current budget”.

In the statement, Mason said they were “pleased to hear reassurances by the Trump transition team that it will respect long-held traditions of press access at the White House and support a pool structure”. With an all-Republican government led by Donald Trump, the GOP intends to dismantle much of President Barack Obama’s record, from his health care law to environmental rules to cuts in domestic programs. “Russia, U.K., China, Saudi Arabia, Japan” he tweeted at 1.17 am.

A Trump official said John Bolton, a former USA ambassador to the United Nations, remained in contention for secretary of state.

A spokesman says Pelosi also has “deep concerns” about the appointment of conservative publisher Steve Bannon as a top White House adviser.

The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition.

“It is going so smoothly”, Trump wrote Wednesday.

Trump aides said Thursday that Trump had spoken with the leaders of Azerbaijan, The Netherlands and Poland, part of 32 world leaders who have spoken with Trump or Pence in recent days.

After a week of meetings and phone calls in Trump Tower, President-elect Trump stepped out Tuesday evening to enjoy a steak dinner with his family – without notifying the press.

“As the new leader of the free world, we expect that you will preserve longstanding traditions that ensure coverage of the Trump presidency”, read the letter, signed by 18 press organisations.

Throughout his campaign, Trump defied tradition by not having a pool of reporters accompanying him to events, and made no promises that that would change if elected president. “Don’t worry about it”, Trump said to the diners at the pricey eatery where crab cake appetizers go for $25.

Despite fevered speculation, Trump has yet to say who will fill Cabinet positions such as secretary of state, treasury secretary or defense secretary.

Even if the president-elect were to appoint a trustee with no family ties, that would probably not remove the potential for Trump to use his new power over policy to enrich himself.

However, Reuters quoted Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, who is reportedly in play for the post of attorney-general, as saying that Trump’s team is mulling a Muslim registry for immigrants from Muslim countries.

Trump has announced his chief of staff and chief strategist, but the transition process has been marred by a purge of transition team members who had connections to Christie and his original staff.

“No administration is ready on Day One”, Biden said following the meeting at the Naval Observatory, which serves as the vice presidential residence. It added Kushner had indicated he would avoid the issue by not taking pay for any White House work.

“We’re just happy to have her here for her advice and her counsel and hearing about the great success story that is SC under her leadership”, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told pool reporters Thursday morning. I texted Hope Hicks, telling her we were outside the steakhouse and wanted to be let inside. “I think he just wants to be incredibly helpful to his father-in-law as he’s been all along”.

In a Wednesday statement, Zeman said he’s pleased with that because “the US can not send a better ambassador to Prague” than her.