President Obama will spend more time on guiding President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday.
The WSJ reported that Trump apparently was surprised by the scope of the president’s duties when Obama described it to him. Trump is the first president to be elected without any prior government or military experience.
The sources told the paper that Trump’s aides weren’t aware that the entire White House staff needed to be replaced.
Trump announced Stephen Bannon, the former chief of conservative media outlet Breitbart, as his strategist and councilor. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was named as Trump’s chief of staff. Trump said Bannon and Priebus will be “equal partners.”
“The difference between President-elect Trump and a politician is that Trump puts a premium on making the right decision, not the politically expedient one. President-elect Trump’s excellent judgment and temperament has served him well in business and in life, and he’s not going to be swayed by a bunch of political insiders responsible for filling up the swamp in the first place,” Jason Miller, communications director, told the WSJ.
But according to the Daily Caller, a conservative publication, the Obama administration is “already leaking detrimental statements on Trump” to the WSJ. The publication didn’t elaborate on the claim.
Obama announced he would be holding sessions to train incoming White House staff, the WSJ reported.
Last week, Obama and Trump met at the White House. Trump described the meeting as cordial.
