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Trump Presidential Transition Thread
Topic Started: Nov 9 2016, 10:16 PM (721 Views)
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Now that the election is over and we have a President-elect, it is time to follow the transition from Obama to Trump.....

.....God save the Republic. :devil1:
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Donald Trump and Barack Obama meet at the White House
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(The Guardian) Trump expresses hope for future 'dealing' with Obama
--An amicable – if a bit stiff, and did we notice strained on the president’s part? – appearance before the cameras for the two men.

Obama says “I have been very encouraged by an interest in president-elect Trump’s wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that the country faces... it is important for all of us ... to now come together, work together...

Michelle’s had the chance to greet the incoming first lady, and we’ve had an excellent conversation and want to make sure they feel welcome...

We now are gonna want to do everything we can because if you succeed the country succeeds.

Trump:

We had never met.. The meeting was supposed to last 10 minutes... I have great respect... it went on for an hour-and-a-half and as far as I’m concerned it could have gone on longer... we really we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel.

Mr president, was a great honor being with you and I look forward to being with you many many more times in the future.
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(The Guardian) Obama and Trump White House meeting - full transcript of their remarks to press

--Barack Obama: I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump. It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the White House. We talked about foreign policy, we talked about domestic policy. And as I said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president elect is successful. And I have been very encouraged by the I think interest in president elect Trump’s wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces and I believe that it is important for all of us regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face. And in the meantime Michelle has had a chance to greet the incoming first lady and we had an excellent conversation with her as well. And we want to make sure they feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition. And most of all I want to emphasize to you, Mr President Elect, that we now are gonna want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed then the country succeeds. Please [indicates Trump should speak].

--Donald Trump: Well, thank you very much President Obama. This was a meeting that was going to last for maybe 10 or 15 minutes and we were just going to get to know each other. We had never met each other. I have great respect- the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half, and it could have, as far as I’m concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer. We really, we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. He’s explained some of the difficulties, some of the high flying assets and some of the really great things that have been achieved. So Mr President, it was a great honor being with you and I look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future.

--Obama: Thank you everybody – we are not going to be taking any questions. [To Trump:] Always a good rule: don’t answer any questions when they just start yelling.
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(The Guardian) Here’s some added color from inside the Oval office, via the Trump media pool, which Trump ditched again upon leaving the White House for his meeting with Paul Ryan:

The president kept saying, “tell me when you’re ready” to reporters, as he waited to make a statement. The president-elect looked around the room, and at the floor, his hands tented below him. The only senior aide in the room spotted in the room from the White House was press secretary Josh Earnest. Trump aides Hope Hicks and Jared Kushner, who had been waiting in the Cabinet room until the meeting concluded, were in place as well. Kushner took iPhone photos as they spoke.

Obama looked straight at Trump for the full statement, his hands clasped. He nodded at the end.

Both men ignored shouted questions, including “Mr. President, do you still think he is a threat to the republic?”

Obama explained to Trump with a joke that the reporters always ask questions and they need to be shooed out, as he motioned with his hand. He singled out one aide who was wrangling the press, saying, “she’s small, but she’s tough.” Trump said “she’s doing a very good job.”
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(The Guardian) Press secretary Josh Earnest is talking about the big meeting.

He says he met Jared Kushner and Hope Hicks. “I had the opportunity to meet with her briefly – to meet her, I should say.”

On the Obama-Trump meeting, Earnest has this to say:

The meeting might have been a little less awkward than some might have expected.

Trump referred in the Oval to some “high-flying assets” the president had told him about, a reporter notes. What the heck was that about?

Earnest refers the question to team Trump.
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--If Donald Trump takes people's anger and turns it against Muslims, Hispanics, African Americans and women, we will be his worst nightmare. (Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT - 10 Nov. 2016)
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(The Guardian) “The president’s plan to take a long vacation after he leaves office have not changed.” – Josh Earnest

Obama appreciated how George W Bush gave him space after Obama took office, giving him “some running room,” Earnest says. “President Obama admired that.”
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(The Guardian) Michelle Obama hosts Melania Trump for tea

Josh Earnest describes the Michelle Obama - Melania Trump meeting. They had tea, admired a balcony view and talked about raising kids in the White House.

How different than what would have come to pass had Clinton won.

Earnest: The first lady hosted Mrs Trump in the private residence... for some tea and a tour... part of that tour included stepping out onto the Truman balcony... you’ve heard the president and Mrs Obama describe the quality of time that they’ve spent on the Truman balcony.... there was also an opportunity for the two women to walk through the state floor of the White House...

They also had a discussion about raising kids at the White House. The first lady’s two daughters spent their formative years here at the White House... After their tour concluded, the first lady and Mrs Trump walked over to the Oval Office and the two couples had a chance to speak.
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--Speaker Ryan on meeting with President-elect Trump: "We had a fantastic, productive meeting about getting to work." (ABC News - 10 Nov. 2016)
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--Speaker Ryan points to Trump’s hotel from balcony of the Capitol: “Yeah, that’s it right there” (Michael Schwab, Politico - 10 Nov. 2016)
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--.@realDonaldTrump, @MELANIATRUMP and @mike_pence tour the United States Capitol with @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell http://politi.co/2eNSZRL (Politico, 10 Nov. 2016)
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(The Guardian) Trump, with Ryan: 'we're going to lower taxes'
--Here’s a transcription via the Trump press pool of Trump’s meeting with speaker Paul Ryan:

Ryan repeatedly chided reporters for shouting questions --- including how the “wall is going to be paid for.”

Ryan: Donald Trump had one of the most impressive victories we have ever seen and we’re going to turn that victory into progress for the American people, and we are now talking about how we are going to hit the ground running to get this country turned around and make America great again.”

Trump: Speaker Ryan, thank you very much. We had a meeting, I met with president before, as you know. I think we are going to absolutely spectacular things for the American people and I look forward to starting --- quite frankly we can’t get started fast enough.”

[Inaudible] “… Whether it’s on healthcare or immigration so many different things. We’re going to lower taxes, so many different things we are going to be working on.”

“We had a very detailed meeting, and we’re going to lower taxes, as you know, health care we’re going to make it affordable. We are going to do a real job on healthcare [inaudible].


As he wrapped up, Trump said he had a “great meeting” with Ryan and then the Speaker led him out onto his balcony.
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(The Guardian) Trump is still meeting with McConnell, the press pool reports:

The President-elect is still in his meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, which an aide said should last up to an hour.

The two walked by earlier, but have remained inside since. The Vice President-elect has already left the Capitol.
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(The Guardian) Ohio governor John Kasich is praying for the success of Trump, whom he has come very close to openly despising.

--Kasich outside WH now following Cavs event saying he is praying for success of Donald Trump. (Jim Acosta, CNN - 10 Nov. 2016)
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(The Guardian) President Barack Obama should urgently seek to impose constitutional checks on the US president’s access to “the most awesome assassination machine ever known to man”, a former state department official in the Obama administration said today.

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Jeremy Shapiro disclosed the Obama team before the 2012 elections had considered imposing such constitutional checks on the US president’s ability to order killings fearing Obama was about to lose the presidential elections to the Republicans.

Speaking in London, Shapiro, a former special adviser an assistant secretary in the State Department, disclosed the Obama team in the State Department “in the run-up to the 2012 election the Obama thought might lose and there was some thinking - ‘Gee, we have created the most awesome assassination machine ever known to man whereby we can, with very little oversight, basically kill anyone in the world outside of America.’”

He added the Obama officials thought “We are using that responsibly because we are good people,” but it was not institutionalized. “When people looked at it they thought, ‘Christ this is scary, what if we give this to the Republicans?’”

He said the Obama team “started to have a process to institutionalize the process, but it did not get very institutionalized.”

Leslie Vinjamuri, senior lecturer at SOAS, added Obama should put all his remaining energy in his final weeks in the Oval Office to “do anything he can to to regulate, to create norms, institutionalize, create blocking mechanisms.”

The academics were discussing Trump’s approach to foreign policy and the degree he will delegate or take personal charge.

Shapiro warned: “in the last 15 years, power in foreign policy has centralized to an enormous extent within the presidency and Congress, and most of the institutions in foreign policy has become enormously supine in the face of what ever the [resident wants to do does in foreign policy. We have essentially by default almost given this to the president.”
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