Trump starts planning for second administration
(NewsNation) — The 2024 election is in the books, which means the clock has started on the transition to the second Trump administration.
President-elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration is just 74 days away, and the race is on for Trump to get teams in place for his new administration.
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Trump takes office in January
Trump will take office in January after Biden finishes his term. He’s already pledged to address the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he will begin mass deportations of undocumented immigrants on day one.
He has promised to address the economy with Republicans ready to push to renew the 2017 tax cuts which were achieved during Trump’s first term, The New York Times reported.
The GOP promised “massive reform” to the Affordable Care Act, the report said. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said health care reform would be a large part of the Republican agenda within Trump’s first 100 days as president.
Trump claimed he would end the “Green New Deal atrocities” on his first day if reelected. The measure was never signed into law.
Trump builds cabinet, transition team
Some of the names already being floated as possible Trump cabinet members include former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who dismissed Trump’s federal classified documents case, has also been floated as a possible attorney general.
Former Trump cabinet member Linda McMahon and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick are co-chairing the team helping Trump transition back to the White House. Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are reportedly playing big roles as well.
“As he chooses the best people to join his team and best policies to pursue, his transition team will ensure the implementation of President Trump’s common sense agenda, starting on Day 1,” McMahon and Lutnick said in a statement.
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Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh there are some agreements that need to be signed before the transition process starts. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre clarified at a different briefing that officials reached out to Trump’s team and are leaving “lines of communication open” when it comes to these Memorandums of Understanding.
“We are ready to provide a pathway to a peaceful transfer of power,” Jean-Pierre said. “We are ready to assist. We have been, we are trying.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in meetings with people in the department about the transition, emphasized that the “peaceful transfer of power is an essential element of our democracy that is vital to our nation’s security,” spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
Ambassador Stephen Mull will oversee the process, Miller announced Thursday.
Election fallout
Trump spent Wednesday at Mar-a-Lago, fielding phone calls from world leaders and donors. He also spoke with his competitor, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who formally conceded the election.
Both Biden and Harris spoke about the importance of unifying the country and a peaceful transition of power.
It’s a message the vice president echoed in her formal concession speech to supporters Wednesday.
“A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny,” Harris said. “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign. The fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness.”
NewsNation learned that President Joe Biden called Trump to congratulate him on his victory. The two are expected to meet in person at the White House soon.
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