Posted on 01/15/2017 6:32:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Incoming first lady Melania Trump has yet to publicly name her senior White House staff, raising questions about whether the positions have been filled amid uncertainty about the Trump family’s role in the administration.
The lack of announcements from the president-elect’s transition team is notable given that Melania Trump is not moving to Washington, D.C., right away and speculation abounds about the role Ivanka Trump will play in her father’s White House.
There has been no chief of staff, communications director or social secretary named for the East Wing. And the chief of staff and social secretary positions are particularly important, usually carrying the “Assistant to the President” title, which is the most senior designation for the White House staff.
In contrast, Michelle Obama filled those two positions shortly after her husband was elected president. She hired chief of staff Jackie Norris and social secretary Desiree Rogers in November of 2008.
But there has been no word on these matters from Team Trump, raising questions about how prepared the East Wing, which handles social events for the administration, will be on Day One of the Trump presidency. Incoming senior staff for the West Wing will meet with their counterparts at the White House on Friday, but first lady Michelle Obama’s office did not respond to an inquiry concerning how the East Wing is handling its transition....
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“Why does the first lady need a staff? This is silly”
She should...to protect Ivanka’s privacy. Staff are there to answer stupid questions from stupid MSM libtards and not waste Ivanka’s time.
Not going to be a bunch of social functions - Trump will be too busy working to MAGA.
How’s your wife doing brother?
Actually more drainage happening. It is the restart of rational civilization.
Thanks for asking. She’s feeling a bit better and was able to eat some solid food today, but not much. She may get to go home Tuesday, but that’s up in the air.
Actually, none of these employees are necessary because the First Lady is not an official position. If I were Mrs Trump I would stay in NYC and only come to DC for very special events. Living in a museum doesn’t appeal to everyone.
Trump is going there to work.
Not party.
Just order take-out from the Trump hotel down the street.
They had personal maids, cleaning help, cooks. The Trumps will have cooks and cleaning staff, too. Surely nobody believes otherwise.
If Mrs. Trump rolls back the idea that the President’s wife and children are government personnel, public servants ... that will be great. I have no doubt that Mrs. Trump can be a dignified hostess. I hope she will drop the idea that the President’s wife should have a public Cause.
A large number of staff signifies that they think they are royalty and above the commoners.
Maybe Trump isn’t planning on doing that much entertaining at the WH.
Paging the guy with the less than enthusiastic rimshot.
That reminds me of the last time I was in a private hospital awaiting transfer to the Veteran’s hospital. The nurses were telling me that the hospital was throwing them a taco bar and the next day was an ice cream sundae bar. There I was on that nasty diabetic menu. Grrrrrr.
You have a shopping list to make for when your sweetie can come home, you know....
The White House has a huge built-in staff of cooks, butlers, gardeners, cleaning people and etc. that has nothing to do with who the current occupant might be, as do all royal, presidential and prime minister’s residences around the world. As it has been since we left the caves. The food in the cafeteria is delicious. It’s run by the Navy, if I remember correctly.
hello? she may want time with her husband? And have her son see his dad?
She may use commercial planners for events. She knows all of the good ones.
Good news.....thank you, Lord.
I no longer drive, can barely stand and our car is in the hospital parking lot. We’re under a tornado watch. She just told me that they wheeled all of the patient’s beds into the hallways, just in case.
“White House staff” and “Personal Staff” is different, then. I agree that the facility should run, regardless of occupants.
I think I remember reading that the Reagans paid something like room-service fees for after-hours meals.
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