Trump the Dealmaker Keeps Any Cabinet Decisions Under Wraps

“I would tell you that it was not only a cordial meeting but also it was a very substantive meeting”.

Still, the transition had an uncomfortable start, with the ouster of Chris Christie from his leadership position and the sidelining of the New Jersey governor’s allies, along with the uprooting several lobbyists on the team.

Outside the club’s three-story farmhouse on Saturday, the president-elect poked a finger in Mattis’ direction and called him “a great man”. “And I can say that Gov. Romney is under active and serious consideration to serve as secretary of state of the United States”.

“Prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished” if Trump became the nominee, he had said. -Russian relations are “unsatisfactory” and vowing to work to improve them.

While President-elect Donald Trump will be heading to the White House in January, it’s not clear if his wife and 10-year-old son will be immediately joining him full-time.

Hosting the stream of visitors wasn’t Trump’s first public act of the day. “Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation, and trickle-down racism and trickle-down bigotry and trickle-down misogyny – all of these things are extraordinarily unsafe to the heart and character of America”.

The 2012 Republican nominee, who once warned in a CNN interview that a Trump presidency would mean “trickle down racism” and “trickle down bigotry” instead sat down with Trump and discussed the job of secretary of state, an appointment that would make Hillary Clinton’s decision to serve in the same post under her 2008 primary rival Barack Obama seem routine by comparison.

But Trump made the 90-minute drive back to Manhattan late Sunday after two days in Bedminster, and no new picks were revealed.

Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he is considering retired General James Mattis for U.S. defense secretary, a day after meeting with him in New Jersey. Mattis oversaw USA forces in the Middle East from 2010 to 2013.

Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday that “General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, who is being considered for Secretary of Defense, was very impressive yesterday”. He said he had recommended Mattis and retired general David Petraeus, a former Central Intelligence Agency chief. Another friend however expressed extreme skepticism Romney would join the Trump cabinet. He called the retired general “the real deal” and a “brilliant, wonderful man”.

But former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a staunch Trump loyalist throughout the campaign, is also making a pitch for the job and would be a more hawkish choice. Rhee has been a supporter of the Common Core State Standards initiative, which Trump opposes. DeVos is a proponent of charter schools and school vouchers.

The personnel decisions in the coming weeks will signal how the NY businessman-the first elected president without government or military experience-will lead the nation. Others meeting with Trump on Sunday, according to the transition team, include Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, the only woman now in a Republican congressional leadership post; T. W. Shannon, former speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives; Giuliani; and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Mitt Romney was only one of a parade of officials pouring through Mr Trump’s door as the president-elect tries to fill more members of his administration. Miller said a formal announcement would be made later.

Trump also insisted again that the cast and producers of “Hamilton” should apologise after the lead actor addressed Pence from the stage Friday night, telling the vice presidentelect that “diverse America” was “alarmed and anxious’ about the incoming administration”.

If Donald Trump is waiting for an apology from the cast of “Hamilton”, he will continue to wait. “This should not happen!” When Pence arrived at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway for the night’s performance of “Hamilton”, he was cheered and loudly jeered by the audience.

Actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in the celebrated musical, told “CBS This Morning” that “there’s nothing to apologize for”.

Pence had left the auditorium before Dixon finished, but reportedly heard all the remarks over speakers in the hallway.

Trump has taken to Twitter to demand an apology.

Trump tweeted to his 15 million followers Saturday that he settled only so that he could better focus on leading the U.S.