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 9^th 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