Trump disputes charges of transition tumult

And a comparison with past presidents-elect shows that Trump’s transition is on pace so far. They’re handicapping their rivals.

Trump won the U.S. presidency on November 9 in a result which shocked many who had expected Hillary Clinton to win following favourable opinion polls.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has been a regular presence at Trump Tower, has been angling for secretary of state, though his consulting work for foreign governments has emerged as a potential roadblock. South Carolina Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, a former US attorney and state attorney general, said he was asked if he would be interested in being attorney general. “We want to be in a position where in the first 100 days we can execute the economic plan”, Mnuchin said.

So, too, is Tennessee Sen.

According to a review of the chart, at least six other agency leads have been a lobbyist, and more have had ties to lobbying businesses.

The rules are part of Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp”, implemented in part due to a perception that his transition team had too many lobbyists.

The current approach is also a reflection of the man whom the job hopefuls are trying to impress.

And controversy over one of Trump’s two major appointments – the anti-establishment firebrand Stephen Bannon who he made his chief strategist – continued to rankle many Democrats.

Part of the strategy established was to take a wider look at candidates beyond inner circle loyalists to see who Trump might be comfortable with to round out a Cabinet. “It really is a privilege – I know it sounds cliche – it’s a privilege to be considered”. That’s a lesson with significant implications for how the public, and Oxfam’s supporters, should engage with President Trump over the next four years.

Kellyanne Conway, who managed Trump’s campaign, suggested the president-elect finds the public wrangling counterproductive.

Trump is known for wanting to make America great, for Americans. The divisions laid bare by this election run deep but please listen to me when I say this.

With some administrative stalling as Mike Pence took over the presidential transition team and the purging of several transition members, there’s been speculation that the team planning Trump’s transition is unprepared to accomplish everything it will need to do before the GOP businessman takes the oath of office on January 20. “I anticipate helping out as much as they will let me”.

Scott Brown, the former MA senator, volunteered himself to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“I hear those concerns but I believe these conclusions, the rhetoric, the reckless type of labeling of him as a person, is something that I think is extreme and I don’t think is wise, in terms of putting a label on someone”, Reed said.

And if the Veterans Affairs job isn’t an option?

Amidst the initial confusion about who was in charge, one diplomat wondered whether to reach out directly to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is one of his closest advisers, or his daughter Ivanka Trump.

“Last night probably was an example of where we could have been [in] a little bit better communication, but again, our goal going forward is to give you guys the best information in a timely fashion”.

Trump is a foreign policy novice and his early moves on national security are being closely watched by U.S allies and adversaries alike.

In this one instance, however, Trump himself chose to stoke the speculation.

Other visitors on Wednesday included Congressman Tom Price, Senator Jeff Sessions and charter schools executive Eva Moskowitz, according to Trump spokesman Jason Miller.

The president-elect plans to travel to Bedminster, New Jersey, where he owns a golf club, on Friday and spend the weekend there, a spokesman said. “Is he is going to have to set up appropriate firewalls to separate what’s going on with family business activities and his role as chief executive of the US government?”