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Trump Says Transition’s Going ‘Smoothly,’ Disputing Disarray Reports
The New York Times ^ | November 16, 2016 | Michael D. Shear

Posted on 11/16/2016 10:31:43 AM PST by EveningStar

President-elect Donald J. Trump denied Wednesday morning that his transition is in disarray, assailing news media reports about firings and infighting and insisting in an early-morning Twitter burst that everything is going “so smoothly.”

But legal and procedural delays by Mr. Trump’s transition team continued on Wednesday, all but freezing the traditional handoff of critical information from the current administration more than a week after Mr. Trump won the presidential election.

The president-elect criticized a report in The New York Times about his early telephone contacts with foreign leaders. In a post on Twitter, he said he had made and received “calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing @nytimes said. Russia, U.K., China, Saudi Arabia, Japan.”

In fact, The Times reported that Mr. Trump had taken calls from the leaders of Egypt, Israel, Russia and Britain, but said they had been conducted haphazardly and without State Department briefings that traditionally guide conversations with foreign leaders.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; newyorktimes; nyt; transition; trump; trump2016; trumptransition
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1 posted on 11/16/2016 10:31:43 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
haphazardly

I really doubt Mr. Trump used the word "haphazardly" to describe his interactions with international leaders.

2 posted on 11/16/2016 10:34:44 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: EveningStar

Ignorance from the propaganda arm of the DNC.


3 posted on 11/16/2016 10:35:36 AM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016 or anytime before the Statute of Limitations runs out.)
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To: SandyInSeattle

That’s the media spin, meaning prolly something like Donald didn’t heed their ideas of the proper way to do it.


4 posted on 11/16/2016 10:36:11 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: EveningStar

Throughout the campaign, the MSM repeatedly informed us that Trump’s campaign was “in chaos,” or “in turmoil,” or “melting down,” or “off message,” yet he won. Why should anyone take seriously the crap coming from the NYT in particular or the MSM in general?


5 posted on 11/16/2016 10:39:14 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: EveningStar
HOLEEF*CK I AM GETTING ANNOYED WITH THIS

“He received phone calls from world leaders BUT HE DIDNT DO IT THE *RIGHT* WAY so there he's just awful...”

You can just picture them stomping their feet as they say this stuff.

6 posted on 11/16/2016 10:43:05 AM PST by Mr. K (Trump is running against EVERYONE. The Democrats, The Media, and the establishment GOP)
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To: SandyInSeattle
I really doubt Mr. Trump used the word "haphazardly" to describe his interactions with international leaders.

He didn't. That was the NYT description.

7 posted on 11/16/2016 10:44:20 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: EveningStar

A surprisingly informative and balanced NYT article!


8 posted on 11/16/2016 10:45:43 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: DoodleDawg

The way they worded the sentence made it seem like he had used that word, not them.


9 posted on 11/16/2016 10:52:41 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: EveningStar

These are the same people who said the campaign was in disarray and Trump had no path to victory. So, yeah, complete BS.


10 posted on 11/16/2016 10:53:01 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: EveningStar
Last night's ABC Evening NEWS made it sound like everything in the Trump world was a crisis and falling apart. A consistent message from the media types; inaccurate and very hopeful of failure.

I am waiting for updates of how many empty alcohol bottles, pill bottles, and broken lamps are being hauled from the Clinton place every day. I guess the mean media is spending so much time and effort covering Trump's impending failure they don't have time for Hillary. At least she has Bill to provide comfort in her time of need.

11 posted on 11/16/2016 11:01:55 AM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Bernard
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12 posted on 11/16/2016 11:03:28 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Grampa Dave

13 posted on 11/16/2016 11:35:29 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: EveningStar

IN 1 week the idiot liberals think everything should be settled. Liberals are petulant children.


14 posted on 11/16/2016 11:36:10 AM PST by CodeToad (Ding Dong, the Bitch is Dead!!!)
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To: All

Chinese officials put out a statement that in their talk W/ President Trump, he was “diplomatically perfect.”


15 posted on 11/16/2016 11:37:50 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: EveningStar

Despite its revent spate of apologies and expressions of wishes to start over on a more honest footing after its endless notorious lies during the campaign, the NYT lies again to take a gratuitous slap at Trump.

Clearly the owners and editors are determined to make this rag into nothing more than Manhattan birdcage liner.


16 posted on 11/16/2016 12:02:51 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Liz
Thanks!


17 posted on 11/16/2016 12:09:00 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: Mr. K

Yea, and Trump went out to have dinner with his family, and he didn’t tell us! Waaaaa!


18 posted on 11/16/2016 12:18:44 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: EveningStar

Elsewhere in all the news that is fit to print:

Donald Trump consistently ties his shoelaces in a haphazard way, in great contrast to the perfectly-creased and double-tied shoelaces that have been a hallmark of the Obama Administration.

A spokesperson for Team Trump has asserted that they will be looking into better ways for the President-Elect to guarantee that his shoes do not come off at a critical juncture during affairs of state after he formally takes office.

Lindsey Graham expressed his doubt that things will improve upon Donald Trump’s assumption of office.


19 posted on 11/16/2016 1:17:06 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: SandyInSeattle
haphazardly
Right. They call it haphazard. i.e., did not go through all the bureaucratic redtape. Just picked up the phone and had the calls put through. Get it done. I saw a report that his style is to make many (forget the number) calls each day, and have many 15 minute meetings.
20 posted on 11/16/2016 3:42:02 PM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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