Presidential transition of Donald Trump

Trump for America[1]

Top: President Barack Obama (right) and President-elect Donald Trump (left) meet in the Oval Office; Bottom Left: Michelle Obama and Melania Trump have tea in the Yellow Oval Room; Bottom Right: the presidential dais is constructed at the U.S. Capitol for Donald Trump's inauguration
Predecessor Donald J. Trump for President
Formation May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
Legal status 501(c)(4)[2]
Purpose Presidential transition
Headquarters 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., United States[3][4]
Chairman
Mike Pence[5]
Director of Appointments
William F. Hagerty
Key people
Donald Trump
Website www.greatagain.gov

Planning for the presidential transition of Donald Trump, led by the Vice President-elect, Governor Mike Pence of Indiana,[6] began before Donald Trump won the United States presidential election on November 8, 2016, and became the President-elect. The transition was formerly led by Chris Christie until he and a number of his supporters were replaced by Trump on November 11.

He is expected to be formally elected by the Electoral College on December 19, 2016. The results will be certified by a joint session of Congress in January 2017, and the transition will end when he is inaugurated at noon on January 20, 2017.

Transition procedures

In accordance with the Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010, candidate transition teams are provided office space by the General Services Administration (GSA).[7][8] Transition teams are also eligible for government funding for staff; spending on Mitt Romney's transition team in 2012 was $8.9 million, all funds appropriated by the U.S. government.[8]

Under existing federal law and custom, the Republican Party's nominee became eligible to receive classified national security briefings once his/her nomination was formalized at the party's national convention.[9]

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of a presidential transition include the identification and vetting of candidates for approximately 4,000 non-civil service positions in the U.S. government whose service is at the pleasure of the president; arranging the occupancy of executive residences including the White House, One Observatory Circle, and Camp David; liaising with the United States Strategic Command for receipt of the Gold Codes; and briefing senior civil service personnel about a new administration's policy priorities.

Recent developments

A law enacted by the United States Congress in 2016 requires the incumbent President to establish "transition councils" by June of an election year to facilitate the eventual handover of power.[9]

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), meanwhile, launched a new program called "Transition 2016" in 2016. Led by Ed DeSeve and David S. C. Chu, the program was described by NAPA as one which provides management and procedural advice to the leading candidates in establishing transition teams.[10]

Timeline

Pre-election

In April 2016, representatives from the Trump campaign, as well as the campaigns of four other then-running Republican candidates, met in New York with representatives of the Partnership for Public Service to receive a two-day briefing and overview of the transition process.[11] According to Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, the campaign shortly thereafter began implementing the recommendations provided at the meeting.[12] In early May 2016, after Trump became the presumptive nominee, campaign officials announced they would name the members of a presidential transition team within the "upcoming weeks". On May 6, The New York Times reported that Trump had asked Jared Kushner to begin work on putting a transition team together.[13] Corey Lewandowski and Paul Manafort worked with Kushner in the selection of a transition chief.[14] Three days later, Trump announced that New Jersey Governor (and former rival Presidential candidate) Chris Christie had agreed to head the effort.[15]

On Friday, June 3, 2016, the Agency Transition Directors Council first assembled at the White House to review transition plans of each of the major executive departments; neither the Trump nor Clinton campaigns sent representatives to this initial meeting. At about the same time, the White House began transferring its preceding eight years of accumulated electronic files to the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Record Archive for preservation.[16]

The transition planning came under heavy criticism for lagging behind other recent transition planning efforts when it was shown to have hired only a "handful" of staff by late July.[17] In late July Chris Christie named Bill Palatucci, a corporate attorney from New Jersey and the state's Republican National Committeeman, as general counsel; Palatucci reportedly began meeting with senior members of Mitt Romney's 2012 transition team shortly thereafter.[18] Meanwhile, on July 29, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough led a conference call with Chris Christie to discuss transition procedures. During the call, McDonough informed Christie that Anita Breckenridge and Andrew Mayock will be the administration's primary "points of contact" with the Trump campaign moving forward. The pair also discussed the planned availability of office space at 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue for the Trump transition team, which the General Services Administration was to make available beginning August 2, 2016.[19]

During the first week of August, the Trump transition office was officially opened. The same month William Hagerty, a former member of Mitt Romney's transition team, was named director of appointments while John Rader, a senior aide to United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Corker, was retained in the position of deputy director of appointments.[20][21]

In an example of "how removed the transition process is from the tumult and rancor of the campaign", representatives of the Trump and Clinton transition teams began holding a series of meetings with each other, and with White House officials, to plan details of the transition process.[22]

By October it was reported the transition team had grown to more than 100 staff, many of whom were policy experts brought aboard to compensate for a dearth of policy staff employed by the Trump campaign.[23] For example, in October 2016, Robert Smith Walker, former chairman of the House Science Committee, was appointed space policy adviser.[24]

A November 9 memo from Ash Carter to the United States armed forces informed them of the pending transfer of military command.

Immediate post-election

In the early hours of November 9, 2016, media outlets reported Trump would secure enough votes in the Electoral College to be chosen 45th president of the United States. Hillary Clinton conceded the election later that day.

Security enhancements

Prior to Trump's return to his private residence at Trump Tower, the United States Secret Service initiated "unbelievable security measures", including closing East 56th Street to all traffic, reinforcing a cordon of sand-laden dump trucks that had been placed around the building the night before to defend the site from being rammed with a car bomb, and deploying New York City Police Department tactical teams around the skyscraper. The FAA, meanwhile, ordered a flight restriction over midtown Manhattan.[25][26][27]

Trump business interests

Map shows the number of companies owned by Donald Trump[28] that are operating in each country:
  1-3
  4-8
  9-15
  Over 15

Following the election, Trump began transferring control of the Trump Organization to the company's other executives, including his three oldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.[29] According to a November 11 statement from the Trump Organization, it was “in the process of vetting various structures with the goal of the immediate transfer of management of the Trump Organization and its portfolio of businesses”. The president-elect's assets would also be moved into a blind trust, though some criticized the specific arrangement, with one observer characterizing it as a "one-eye-closed-and-one-eye-open trust".[30][31]

Last days of Christie's tenure

Shortly after noon on November 9, outgoing president Barack Obama made a statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in which he announced that he had spoken, the previous evening, with Trump and formally invited him to the White House the next day, November 10, for discussions to ensure "that there is a successful transition between our presidencies". President Obama said he had instructed his staff to "follow the example" of the George W. Bush administration in 2008, whom he said could "not have been more professional or more gracious in making sure we had a smooth transition".[32]

The same day, United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter issued a memo to the United States armed forces informing them of the pending transfer of National Command Authority to a new administration.[33] Also on November 9, the U.S. Intelligence Community offered the full President's Daily Brief to Trump and Mike Pence, with Trump receiving his first brief on November 15 in his office at Trump Tower.[34][35]

The Trump transition website launched on the evening of November 9, 2016

By the afternoon of November 9, a transition website – greatagain.gov – had been launched. The website provided information on transition procedures and information for the media.[36] The website was later criticized for reposting content originally created by the Partnership for Public Service, however, Partnership CEO Max Stier declined to criticize the use and noted that the organization had been working with the major campaigns on transition planning, explaining that he hoped the group's materials would be "a resource that is used for the betterment of transitions".[37] Content on the transition website was licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.[38]

Trump and Obama met for the first time on November 10.

At 11:00 a.m. on November 10, the President and President-elect held a private, 90-minute meeting at the White House, which was followed by a joint media availability in the Oval Office with a press pool composed of journalists from Reuters, Voice of America, Bloomberg, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, ABC News, and McClatchey syndicate. During the availability, Trump thanked Obama for their meeting and said he looked forward to tapping him for future counsel.[39] According to Trump, Obama convinced him, during their discussion, to retain certain aspects of his signature policy Obamacare, including the ban on insurance companies denying new coverage to those with preexisting conditions and the right of parents to keep their adult children on their health insurance policies to the age of 25.[40]

November 11 reshuffle

On November 11, Trump telephoned transition head Chris Christie and told him his involvement with the Bridgegate scandal was a political liability and his performance heading the transition unsatisfactory (Trump, later, also expressed private frustration at Christie's retention of lobbyists in key transition posts). At the end of the call, Trump fired Christie from his position as transition chair. Over the next twenty-four hours, and with little warning, Christie loyalists were quickly removed from the transition team in what was characterized by NBC News as a "Stalinesque purge". Transition executive Richard Bagger, for instance, found himself suddenly locked-out of the transition team's offices. Bill Palatucci, Mike Rogers, and others, were also among those removed.[41][42][43][44]

Immediately after the purge, Mike Pence was elevated to transition chair by Trump. Under Christie, many of the members of the transition team were registered lobbyists who had worked on issues overseen by the agencies they were charged with staffing or affected by policies they were preparing.[45][46] However, by November 16 Pence had introduced new restrictions that Politico described as "in some ways far more rigid than President Barack Obama’s groundbreaking lobbyist ban". Under the new rules, while incoming administration officials who are currently registered lobbyists would be allowed, they would have to sign documents forfeiting their ability to re-register as lobbyists for five years after departing government. [lower-alpha 1] In addition, Mike Pence ordered that all lobbyists be removed from the transition team with Politico reporting two days later that staff members who were registered lobbyists had begun to resign.[48][49][50]

Pence's tenure

On November 15, Trump requested security clearance for son-in-law Jared Kushner (a member of the transition team), which would allow him to attend the full President's Daily Brief – a request that experts have called "unprecedented".[51]

As of November 15, all briefings of the transition team by government were on hold pending the need for incoming chair Mike Pence to sign an agreement with the Obama administration.[52]

On November 16, Trump met with Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, who had been discussed as a possible contender for several cabinet positions.[53] Trump also met with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.[54]

On November 17, Trump met with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in order to discuss matters relating to foreign affairs.[55] Later that day Trump met with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in an informal visit at Trump Tower. After the meeting, which was attended by Michael Flynn and Ivanka Trump, Abe said he had "great confidence" in Trump and described their discussion as "very candid".[56] Past and current State Department officials, however, were disturbed by Ivanka's presence. Moira Whelan, a former John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign staffer who left the department in July after serving as a deputy assistant secretary for digital strategy in the U.S. Department of State, averred that "anyone present for such a conversation between two heads of state should, at a minimum, have security clearance, and should also be an expert in Japanese affairs ... meeting of two heads of state [sic][lower-alpha 2] is never an informal occurrence. Even a casual mention or a nod of agreement or an assertion left unchallenged can be interpreted in different ways".[59][60]

Transition team

Chart showing agency appointment group leads of the Trump transition.

Leadership

Vice President-elect Mike Pence is leading the Trump transition team.

The Trump transition team is led by Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who plans to remain governor of Indiana until his term ends on January 9, 2017.[61] It has six vice-chairs, including former transition head Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Newt Gingrich, Michael Flynn, Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions.[62]

The transition team also has an Executive Committee which includes:[62]

Structure and staff

Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is leading appointment selections for positions involving domestic issues.

An organizational chart of the transition team has been made public by the New York Times.[65] It divides the work into two areas: "agency action" led by Ron Nicol[66] and "policy implementation" led by Ado Machida. The agency side, which oversees appointments, is divided into six arenas:[66]

The policy side has three senior leaders including Ado Machida as Director of Policy Implementation, Andrew Bremberg as Executive Legal Action Lead, and Carlos Diaz Rosillo as Executive Authority Adviser. Bremberg is Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff for US Health and Human Services for George W. Bush administration and adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and for presidential bid of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; he was previously reported to be serving the transition as an advisor on health issues.[69][70]

Retired Gen. Keith Kellogg is leading the defense "agency action" unit of the transition.

The policy implementation team includes the following policy areas:

Other people reported to be working on the transition team include:

Persons applying for political appointments via the greatagain.gov website received this confirmation email.

Cabinet designees

The following have been named as cabinet appointees by the President-elect; all positions, except Chief of Staff and Vice President require the advice and consent of the United States Senate prior to taking office.

On November 30, Politico, noting the overall conservatism of Trump's chosen administration nominees as opposed to previous presidential administrations, described Trump as "well on his way to building a conservative dream team that has Republicans cheering and liberals in despair."[72] On the same day, The Washington Post noted that Trump's cabinet would be "the wealthiest administration in modern American history."[73] The Post also noted that while some of Trump's appointments consisted of "his staunchest and most controversial allies" such as Bannon, Flynn and Sessions, other appointments appealed to the Republican establishment and had "the imprint of Mike Pence".[74]

Cabinet of President-elect Donald J. Trump
Office
Date announced
Designee Office
Date announced
Designee


Vice President
Elected November 8, 2016

Governor
Mike Pence
of Indiana


Secretary of State


Secretary of the Treasury
November 30


Steven Mnuchin
of California


Secretary of Defense
December 1

General (USMC)
James Mattis
of Washington


Attorney General
November 18

Senator
Jeff Sessions
of Alabama


Secretary of the Interior


Secretary of Agriculture


Secretary of Commerce
November 30

Wilbur Ross
of New Jersey


Secretary of Labor


Secretary of Health and Human Services
November 29

Representative
Tom Price
of Georgia


Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
December 5

Dr. Ben Carson
of Florida


Secretary of Transportation
November 29

Secretary
Elaine Chao
of Kentucky


Secretary of Energy


Secretary of Education
November 23

Betsy DeVos
of Michigan


Secretary of Veterans Affairs


Secretary of Homeland Security


White House Chief of Staff
November 13

RNC Chairman
Reince Priebus
of Wisconsin


Ambassador to the United Nations
November 23

Governor
Nikki Haley
of South Carolina


Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency


United States Trade Representative


Director of the
Office of Management and Budget


Chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers


Administrator of the
Small Business Administration
Source: NPR[75]

See also

Notes

  1. Under President Obama, persons were restricted from resuming lobbying for two years after departing government; senior officials were restricted for the remainder of his administration. Obama also forbid those who have been registered lobbyists in the past year from joining the administration to work on the issues they advocated around.[47]
  2. The Prime Minister of Japan is that nation's head of government. The Emperor of Japan is that country's head of state.[57][58] Also, neither was Mr. Trump a head of state at the moment.

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