US President-elect Donald Trump is moving quickly to consider appointments to key positions in his new administration and could name some options within days.
US President-elect Donald Trump is moving quickly to consider appointments to key positions in his new White House administration and could name some options within days.
Trump, fresh off a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday's presidential election, has met with aides at his seaside mansion in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, to mull his options.
Even before the election, transition chiefs Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon met with some potential candidates for top jobs, either in the White House or to run the government's Cabinet-level departments and a host of other agencies. .
Trump's aides have also prepared a long list of potential executive orders and regulatory reversals for him to sign on his first day in office on Jan. 20, to end policies President Joe Biden has adopted in recent years. four years.
Biden, who defeated Trump in the 2020 election and was running for re-election until a disastrous debate performance against Trump in June forced him out of the race, has promised a peaceful transition back to Trump.
Biden has invited the president-elect to visit the White House in the coming days and called him on Wednesday to congratulate him. Biden will speak about the election from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, Biden praised Harris for her campaign, saying, “She has been a great partner and public servant full of integrity, courage and character.”
“Under extraordinary circumstances, he stepped forward and led a historic campaign that embodied what is possible when guided by a strong moral compass and a clear vision of a nation that is freer, more just and filled with more opportunity for all. Americans,” Biden said.