“Doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks.Thought it was going to be a smooth transition – NOT!” Donald Trump posted on Twitter on Wednesday morning.
Carl Paladino’s apology comes after a New York publication revealed his response to four questions, where Paladino said he hoped President Obama died and Michelle Obama would “return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.”
President-elect Donald Trump is defending his charitable foundation on Twitter, just days after he announced he would dissolve the foundation due to possible conflicts of interest once he enters the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump is using Twitter to praise his victory, saying the world was gloomy before he won the election.
President-elect Donald Trump is using Twitter to respond to President Obama, who suggested he would have won the election if he had run against Trump on his 2008 message of hope and change.
Stephen Miller, who worked for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) prior to joining Trump’s campaign, wrote speeches for Trump for his campaign rallies as well as his address at the Republican National Convention.
“[Tillerson’s] position on social issues I don’t believe are relevant in the position of secretary of state,” Jerry Falwell, Jr. stated during an appearance on Fox News. “I don’t think he’ll ever have to weigh in on any of those issues. I think he’s going to be out cutting deals like he did as the CEO of a global enterprise with Exxon.”
Madison Square Garden Company released a statement on Friday, responding to backlash after one of the dancers for the Radio City Rockettes posted on social media that she was embarrassed to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team responded to Carl Paladino’s racist remarks that he allegedly made about President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to ArtVoice, a New York publication, saying that in 2017 he would like President Obama to die, and Michelle Obama to “return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.”
There are various events open to the public. Tickets are available through the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s website.
“This is something the President-elect has discussed both on the ‘Thank You’ rally tour that he has had and other occasions,” spokesman Jason Miller says about Donald Trump’s tweets. “So there’s nothing new here.”
Democrats are more likely than Republicans and Independents to block or unfriend someone on social media over politics, according to a nonpartisan survey published Monday from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).
President-elect Donald Trump is meeting on Tuesday with Jovita Carranza, the founder and CEO of the JCR Group and former deputy administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, as he focuses on who will be his administration’s trade representative.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence is spending Tuesday in Washington, D.C., holding several transition meetings throughout the day.
“Obviously, this is an important one considering all of the issues the American taxpayers have had with the IRS, so as soon as we have an announcement or if we’re allowed to put out some of the potential news on that front, we will. But, no decision on that front has been made yet,” Miller tells reporters.
“Unfortunately, this seems part of the pattern for Politico, to take things widely out of proportion. Of course, President-elect Trump is going to continue to be surround by long-time allies and advisers,” Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller responded on Monday.
Robert Lighthizer, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, previously defended Trump’s rhetoric on trade. He’ll meet the president-elect in Florida.
“The President-elect will be in Mar-a-Lago this evening and I would expect him…to be in Palm Beach for most of, if not all of this next week,” Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller told reporters on Friday morning, adding that Trump will spend Christmas with his family.
Jason Miller adds that Trump looks forward to having a press conference next month and explaining his business plans in more detail; however, no date for the January press conference has been set.
President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with several city Mayors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors at Trump Tower on Thursday.
President-elect Donald Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller tells reporters that the policy team is looking at a number of different options on how to handle President Obama’s executive orders.
“I wouldn’t want to go in and set an arbitrary time table at this point,” Jason Miller says about when Trump would announce a nominee to replace Scalia. “Obviously, it’s a matter of the utmost importance. The President-elect had previously put out a list of 20 very highly qualified individuals from which he would select.”
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chief Strategist and Communications Director Sean Spicer told reporters on Wednesday that Trump meets each day with his national security adviser retired United States Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. “Three times a week” he receives the president’s daily intelligence brief.
At least 11 tech industry leaders will meet with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence Wednesday for a roundtable to discuss how to bring tech jobs back to America.
President-elect Donald Trump’s crowd in West Allis, Wisconsin on Tuesday night at his “Thank You” rally booed Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin native, but cheered for rapper Kanye West.
Andy Schafly, an attorney for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund as well as general counsel for the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, organized a coalition of pro-life individuals and groups who are researching the 21 judges on Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees, which was constructed by the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society.
“I would say that at a certain point, the effort to try to delegitimize President-elect Trump’s win I think, probably most people are getting tired of that [and] probably realize that what President-elect Trump is focused on now is moving the country forward and bringing us together and… actually making good deals that work for American citizens and getting the economy going,” Donald Trump’s spokesman says.
Donald Trump is also meeting with Bill Gates and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on Tuesday.
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to select former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as his energy secretary, according to NBC News.
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday night that he will be making his pick for secretary of state known on Tuesday morning.
“The President-elect is getting close to making a decision on who will serve as the next secretary of state. We expect that announcement to happen in the next coming days,” Sean Spicer tells reporters.
The President-elect will make thank you stops in three key swing states that helped him clinch the presidency, as well as Alabama — a Republican state — where Trump had large crowds and early support from Alabama’s Sen. Jeff Sessions.
“Going back to this overall narrative that is in the news right now, I think really clearly what this is, is an attempt to try to delegitimize President-elect Trump’s win,” aide Jason Miller says.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced on Friday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has withdrawn his name for consideration as part of Trump’s cabinet, specifically for secretary of state. Giuliani said the decision was made days earlier
President-elect Donald Trump is encouraging voters in Louisiana to get out and vote for the Republican United States Senate candidate John Kennedy as Louisiana holds its runoff elections on Saturday.
President-elect Donald Trump will meet with two former GOP Primary rivals, Carly Fiorina and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, on Monday in New York City at Trump Tower, according to his transition team.
Thousands of people attended President-elect Donald Trump’s “Thank You” rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, where the soon-to-be 45th President of the United States introduced his administration’s ambassador to China, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.
Donald Trump’s transition team told reporters on Thursday morning that there will likely be an announcement about Trump’s cabinet later in the day.
“The President-elect and officials from across Louisiana will be in attendance to ensure that a conservative voice is elected, make sure that we have another Republican voice in the U.S. Senate,” Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller told reporters on Wednesday morning.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has accepted the position as ambassador to China. An official statement is expected later on Wednesday.
