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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And Michelle still never learned how to walk like a lady.
“Why does the first lady need a staff? This is silly.”
Both Laura Bush and Michelle Obama had 18 regular staff members. I think Michelle also had a slew of stylists.
The Reagans had a lot more money than they let on. You don’t get to be a union president in Hollywood without being a major player and they made some smart investments over the years.
You bad, rastus
Maybe because we have a first lady who can actually handle it herself.
No staff?
Not going to be an issue for me nor anyone else I know.
Really.
Do you think she might not know how to host a diner party or greet officials?
Well, that was a colossal waste of money, wasn't it?
Michelle Obama had a staff of 22 IIRC
To plant and tend a garden?
With this bunch, the jokes write themselves!
The Trumps host plenty of charity dinners and events.
IIRC Mrs Obama’s first social secretary was a freaking disaster. She had some connection with Michelle from Chicago, I believe. Totally incompetent, yet arrogant - had to be shoved out.
Melania picked her personal cause months ago...bullying...no, I’m not kidding.
The First Lady’s “job” is to be the President’s wife. How much staff is needed to do that?
Trump is going to be blamed by the MSM for raising the unemployment rate in Washington, DC.
That’s an honor. Reduce all Federal Employees by 50% and let them see what their wrong headed policies feel like, when the shoe is on the other foot, and they are the ones unemployed.
Wish I had written that; Bravo!
I’m confident that he will, and he will restore the lustre of a White House event. Right now, I imagine he would consider it putting the cart before the horse.
They all get billed for private meals. Only working meals are comped. I’m sure they get a good rate.
Some believe Michelle had staph from the day he was born. :-p
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