Who Will Be in Donald Trump's White House?
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Donald Trump’s stunning victory last night may have marked the end of election season, but we’re not done yet!
Starting today, the all-important transition team takes the baton from the campaign team in helping guide Trump’s move from President-Elect, to President.
The transition team has actually been hard at work for a while, even though you haven’t heard much from them. Putting together an administration with cabinet appointees, White House staff and a strategy on policy doesn’t happen overnight and it doesn’t take a few weeks — it takes a lot of time.
Trump will meet with his transition team in New York City today, CBS News reported, where they will be waiting with a list of individuals they’ve already vetted and will recommend to join his cabinet. Trump could add some names to that list in the coming days, as they prepare to enter the White House in January.
It’s not yet public who they are considering, but CBS reports that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus is at the top of their list for White House Chief of Staff. Politico adds that the Trump transition team is focused on business executives for several of the posts, including Lucas Oil co-founder Forrest Lucas for Secretary of the Interior and former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary.
Some familiar Republican politicians who have helped Trump’s campaign could also be on the list, including: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), according to Politico.
In addition to the cabinet, the transition team has already prepared a "domestic and foreign policy" agenda and plans for “White House operations, timelines for the transition and national security,” CBS reported.
While Trump’s transition team has been working quietly behind the scenes, today, that team becomes a lot more public. Here is who is advising Trump on his transition to power:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Trump Transition Chair.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Trump Transition Team member.
Former New Jersey state Sen. Rich Bagger, Trump Transition Executive Director. Bagger also previously served as Christie’s chief of staff and is now the executive vice president of Celgene Corp., a pharmaceutical company.
Attorney William Palatucci, Trump Transition Team Member. Previously, Palatucci worked as a campaign advisor to both Presidents Bush.
William F. (Bill) Hagerty, Trump Transition Director for Presidential Appointments. Hagerty served as the National Finance Chairman for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and was also on Romney’s transition team. He is currently the founder and managing director of Hagerty Peterson & Company, a merchant bank and private equity investment firm.
Jamie Burke - Trump Transition Team Member. Burke worked in the George W. Bush administration in various roles, including time as White House Liaison and Director of Outreach at the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Like Hagerty, she worked on the Romney transition team as well. Currently, she works as a political consultant in Washington, DC.
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