Trump meeting with Japan’s PM, possible Cabinet choices

President-elect Donald Trump still has not held a news conference, a break from tradition that is keeping reporters and the public in the dark about the transition to his administration.

The incoming Republican administration also got a boost of support from outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, who met with his successor, Mike Pence, continuing the Obama administration’s show of public support for the transition.

Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, had been a leading candidate to be secretary of state.

After Trump’s White House meeting with President Barack Obama, there also was a lapse in communication with the current agency personnel who will ensure a smooth transition of power.

President-elect Donald Trump capped another day of high profile meetings at Trump Tower, snapping a photo with boxing great, Floyd Mayweather, Junior. His whereabouts became clear only after a fellow diner tweeted a picture of the president-elect arriving at the restaurant. Paul, who also ran for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, said he was concerned by Giuliani’s work on behalf of foreign governments. Presidents-elect generally don’t announce major nominees like Secretary of State within nine days of the election anyway.

Holman said Trump needs to go further and urged him to readopt Obama’s ethics executive order, considering how Trump’s and other potential appointees’ corporate holdings could be impacted by the government policies they craft in office.

That’s according to her new biography on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition website, GreatAgain.gov.

“We worry that the Trump plan doesn’t do anything about individuals becoming “consultants” and making millions by not registering”, said Aaron Scherb, director of legislative affairs at Common Cause.

Rogers had worked with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who on Friday was abruptly replaced by Pence as head of the transition team.

Trump also arranged meetings with Republicans who were among his fiercest critics, a display of normalcy after a week of upheaval and apparent chaos for his transition team.

Trump has been ensconced in Trump Tower for days as he deliberates. After winning the election, Trump demoted Christie and put Vice President-elect Mike Pence in charge. Kraft, who praised Trump before the MA primary earlier this year, briefly spoke with Mnuchin before going upstairs shortly before 2 p.m.

Trump spokesman Jason Miller says the transition is moving well.

The wholesale shake-up of Trump’s team, including Christie’s ouster, forced Pence to sign new documents required by law.

In a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he’d had no choice but to initially rely on lobbyists in Washington because “the whole place is one big lobbyist”.

Mr Trump took to Twitter to refute the claims. They are to meet this weekend, a transition official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss Trump’s schedule publicly.

Those teams will receive briefing materials from the agencies they are assigned to and will have the opportunity to ask questions about how the agency operates.

At the top of his list for senior economic positions are campaign finance chair and Wall Street veteran Steve Mnuchin as treasury secretary, and long-time backer and billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary, according to Trump ally and activist investor Carl Icahn.

Trump is expected to announce Friday a slate of key national security posts including Central Intelligence Agency director, attorney general and national security advisor, a transition official told CNN.

Jeb Bush, George W and George H.W. all called to express their best wishes on the win.

With more than 500 related businesses on his personal financial disclosure forms, Trump likely will be the nation’s wealthiest president, with the largest financial portfolio in American history.

(END OPTIONAL TRIM.) Officials in Obama’s administration said Wednesday that they were ready to engage with Trump’s team.

“It’s possible he even could eventually try to open things more simply because he is a businessman, and he’s made business deals in all sorts of countries which have worse human rights records than Cuba”, he said.

It comes ahead of Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since his election.

Trump aides and allies suggested some of the commotion within the transition team was to be expected given the enormous task at hand. “We are ready and able to provide context if it is desired”.