How Trump’s Transition Compares to Recent Presidents

For another key Trump adviser is Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and an Orthodox Jew.

Last week, Trump announced Vice President-elect Mike Pence was taking over as transition team leader from Gov.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence has purged a myriad of lobbyists from the White House transition team.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence is head of Trump’s transition team.

“Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions”, he tweeted.

“I have received and taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing @nytimes said”. Chris Christie, who is now one of many vice-chairs.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who arrived on Wednesday afternoon, has been angling for secretary of state, though his consulting work for foreign governments has emerged as a potential roadblock. “It is going so smoothly”.

He said the Times was totally wrong and he had spoken to many leaders.

Officials said late Tuesday that Pence has signed a memorandum of understanding that governs the process by which Trump officials work with the current White House staff on transition issues.

Two members of Trump’s transition team also left on Tuesday. Kushner in particular was unhappy with how he was running the transition. “And once they integrate people who have been doing it [in Washington] with people in NY I think you’ll see a smoother transition”.

“This is to ensure President-elect Trump’s commitment to ban lobbyist involvement is being upheld at all levels of the transition”. He expressed confidence that by Trump’s January 20 inauguration, “everything will be in good hands”. John McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, who said that Putin’s promises of improved U.S. -Russia relations should be taken with “as much faith in such statements as any other made by a former KGB agent who has plunged his country into tyranny, murdered his political opponents, invaded his neighbors, threatened America’s allies, and attempted to undermine America’s elections”. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. “This is such an exciting time, I’ve got to tell you”.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who tangled ferociously with Trump during the Republican primary but ultimately endorsed the businessman, could get a top job such as attorney general.

Pence’s move to clean house in the transition team, removing selected lobbyists, people who have breached protocol, not lived up to standards or leaked information to the outside world, is also slowing things up.

“For everyone anxious about what I’m going to do, and what job I should take and where I should live – let me give you all an update”.

The shakeup came amid jockeying for key posts, including secretary of state, the treasury, attorney general, defense and national security. Other scheduled meetings include Haley, the SC governor, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

Asked if there is anybody better, Giuliani said: “Maybe me; I don’t know”. It was unclear which other aides close to Christie had also been forced out.

“My work was done, honestly”, he told Blitzer.

Carson, who sought the Republican presidential nomination, said he lacked government experience.

It could also be that Donald Trump, who we know reads nearly everything reported about him, is doing the same.

United States media say two senior members of the transition team working on national security have been forced out.

Rogers’ exit and Christie’s demotion are the latest wrinkles in a transition process that’s gotten off to a rocky start following Trump’s unexpected election victory last week.

President-elect Donald Trump is going after The New York Times again.

Trump’s team viewed the investigation as a whitewash, according to one source familiar with the operation.

Trump supporters cheered him on the campaign trail when he promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington, but his transition team has been populated largely with capital insiders, including former federal bureaucrats, think-tank academics, corporate lawyers and special-interest lobbyists.