Trump denies transition turmoil (copy)

President-elect Donald Trump and his team have dismissed charges of chaos and infighting as they set up an administration.

Among them: ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is up for secretary of state; Sen.

And transition officials going into the most sensitive agencies, like the national security community, will need a pre-clearance to go in, which requires an entry-level investigation, said David Eagles, director of the Center for Presidential Transition, a nonprofit dedicated to the smooth transfer of power and good governance.

Modi is one of the first few leaders that the 70-year-old Trump spoke with, Trump’s transition team said yesterday.

President-elect Donald Trump‘s campaign promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington might make it hard for him to fill all the jobs in his administration. Marco Rubio in the Republican primaries, might now be a candidate for secretary of state. But Politico reported Tuesday that consulting work he did for foreign governments and companies, and money he accepted from places like Qatar and Venezuela and from Iranian exiles, could prove problematic – not to say that Trump repeatedly criticized the Clinton Foundation for taking similar gifts from foreign governments. Of the transition effort, Trump added in another post, “It is going so smoothly”.

Ever since Donald Trump was announced as the President-elect, there have been massive protests across US.

“The beginning of any transition like this has turmoil because it’s just the nature of the process”, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an ardent Trump ally, said as he left Trump’s transition headquarters in Washington.

Slavin says it’s great to meet a future leader, but she says she probably wouldn’t have recognized Pence if other people hadn’t mentioned his name. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had led the transition team but was ousted in favor of Pence, who is setting out to remove lobbyists from the group, aides tell ABC News. Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump‘s husband, has reportedly long held a grudge against Christie, who as a federal prosecutor helped put Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, in prison for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering, under a plea agreement. “Completely inaccurate”, said Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said they were still “working on” the meeting. Two days later, back in Gotham, the pool was assured by campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks that Trump was retired for the night, permitting the press corps to go on about their personal business.

They tried to play catch-up yesterday, releasing a list of 29 world leaders who have spoken to Mr Trump or Mr Pence in recent days.

Trump also wants to “expand the definition of lobbyist so we close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisers when we all know they are lobbyists”.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft was spotted walking into the building Wednesday afternoon with banker Steven Mnuchin, according to a pool report. His whereabouts became clear only after a fellow diner tweeted a picture of the president-elect arriving at the restaurant.

Kraft was then seen leaving Trump Tower by himself around 2:30. The switch to Pence, however, slowed Trump’s ability to coordinate with the White House. The cold shoulder has renewed a nagging question for reporters: “Will President-elect Trump’s behaviour be a preview of his approach, or perhaps non-approach, to his relations with the news media when he takes office?” The practice is meant to ensure that journalists are on hand to witness, on behalf of the public, the activities of the president or president-elect, rather than relying on secondhand accounts.

The transition from Bill Clinton to George W Bush was marred by accusations of pranks.

The White House Correspondents’ Association said it was “unacceptable” that the president-elect had traveled without the regular pool of journalists in place to provide the public with information about his whereabouts. “You have to phase it out”, Trump said.

She says Democrats will try to find common ground where they can, and stand their ground when they can.

Trump will be meeting with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe today, which will make thirty-two contacts between Trump and foreign leaders, according to the briefing.

The President-elect will normally send “landing teams” from his staff to the White House to be briefed on how the office and its different departments operate.