Trump sprints through transition as he faces narrow window to act in office
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Three weeks into Donald Trump’s second go-around as president-elect, little about this transition to the White House looks like his first.
Three weeks into Donald Trump’s second go-around as president-elect, little about this transition to the White House looks like his first. By this point in 2016, Trump, unprepared for victory, had announced just four Cabinet nominations for his new administration. Operating out of Trump Tower in Manhattan, the former reality television star turned the process into a spectacle. Republican leaders, Washington veterans, business executives and longtime loyalists competed for his attention and clashed with his family and political operatives in what became a real-world Game of Thrones. The media circus surrounding the protracted audition set the tone for an administration defined in part by its gossip and palace intrigue. Trump ultimately handed key posts to people he was barely acquainted with. This time, Trump has maneuvered with uncharacteristic discretion from his palatial estate in Palm Beach, where he has had handed out roles at a dizzying clip, filling most of the top jobs before Thanksgiving with stalwarts of conflicting worldviews. When one nominee faltered – former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to lead the Department of Justice – Trump quickly moved on by reassigning the post to another loyalist, the Sunshine State’s former attorney general, Pam Bondi. And while Trump has taken time to attend an Ultimate Fighting match in New York, meet with congressional Republicans and President Joe Biden in Washington, DC, and pop into evening events at Mar-a-Lago, he has largely filled his days reviewing the resumes of potential department heads and plotting his first moves after he takes over on January 20. Allies say this more determined Trump is emboldened by his electoral success and more confident in his understanding of executive power learned from his first four years in Washington. He is also acutely aware that his window to act in his second four-year term will run up against Congress’ glacial pace, even if he starts with the GOP controlling both chambers.
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