Posted on 01/05/2017 4:57:13 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump made it official Wednesday: The incoming senior White House staff will have a deep bench of aides steeped in politics, including staff members pulled from the Republican National Committee and Trump’s campaign.
In 16 days, the businessman-turned-president will rely on a mix of mostly young political operatives and communicators whose focus will be on the agenda, messaging and business style he favored last year and in the weeks since his November victory.
Trump also added former aides who served President George W. Bush to help manage the operations of the executive office of the president, as well as presidential travel, security and event planning. And he turned to a top aide with experience in New Jersey politics under Gov. Chris Christie, Bill Stepien, to become White House political director. Christie fired Stepien, who was his deputy chief of staff during the George Washington Bridge scandal, but he later became national field director for Trump’s presidential campaign.
Few on the new team granted the coveted “assistant to the president” title have federal executive experience. Legislative know-how comes to the West Wing via the staff of Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, an early Trump supporter and nominee to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, and aides to Vice President-elect Mike Pence and in the office of presidential personnel.
Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, the departing head of the RNC, described the president-elect’s evolving White House team as “instrumental over the last several months, and in some cases years, in helping the president-elect."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
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It’s gonna be yuuuuuuge...
Competence, at long last.
Like a 12 year old on Christmas Day......
“Is it time YET!!?”
I’m still celebrating like it’s Christmas. Just bought another quart of eggnog (half off) from the local grocery store.
Still working on the last quart purchased. Why NO ONE has the foresight to see potential in shipping this all year (rather than only Christmas) is a question forever asked. Love that stuff...even though dairy does not love me back! With or without the ‘Spike’, ENJOY! :-)
“Love that stuff...even though dairy does not love me back!”
This year I discovered that Lactaid brand has a delicious eggnog! Tastes yummy - even better when spiked a bit.
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