Friday, January 20, 2017

Transition Update

The Trump transition is way ahead of schedule. Trump won the Presidency on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. By December 9th he had appointed 14 key jobs and by January 9th he had appointed another 15 for key jobs.  No other incoming President has moved this fast or this well.  See below:

Donald Trump, President
Mike Pence, Vice President

Reince Priebus, Whitehouse Chief of Staff
Steve Bannon, Whitehouse Chief Strategist

Gen Mike Flynn, National Security Advisor
Jeff Sessions, Attorney General
Mike Pompeo, Director CIA

Nikki Haley, UN Ambassador
Betsy DeVos Education Secretary
KT McFarland, Deputy National Security Advisor
Donald McGahn White House Counsel,
Wilber Ross, Commerce Secretary, on negotiation team
Tom Price, Health & Human Services Secretary
Elaine Chao, Transportation Secretary
Steve Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary, on the negotiation team
Gen James Mattis, Secretary of Defense

Ben Carson, HUD Secretary
Gen John Kelly, Homeland Security Secretary
Scott Pruitt, EPA, Oklahoma AG
Andrew Puzder, Labor Secretary, fast food exec
Terry Brandstad, Ambassador to China, Iowa Governor
Ryan Zinke, Montana Rep, Interior Secretary,
Max Tillerson, Secretary of State, Exxon CEO
Rick Perry, Energy Secretary
Stephen Miller, Sr. Advisor Immigration Policy
Mick Mulvaney, OMB, (R-SC)
Vincent Viola, Secretary of the Army,
Sean Spicer, Press Secretary
Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President
Rudy Giuliani, Head of Cyber Security
David Shulkin, Veterans Affairs
Sonny Perdue, Agriculture Secretary

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Hope Hicks, Jason Miller and Dan Scavino to the White House communications team

There are more appointments to be made for Ambassadors Directors and Deputies, but the Cabinet positions were filled prior to the inauguration. This has never happened this quickly before.


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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