Election 2024 live updates: Trump begins filling key administration roles as White House transition begins
President-elect Donald Trump names adviser Susie Wiles as first-ever female chief of staff as he works on his transition to the White House
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Your support makes all the difference.President-elect Donald Trump has named the first-ever female chief of staff as he starts his transition to the White House.
Trump is already working to fill key roles in his administration and cabinet. He announced Susie Wiles, who spearheaded his campaign, as chief of staff. The appointees will help push his agenda that includes mass deportation, more tariffs and extending tax cuts.
‘We are going to fix everything about our country. We made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that. We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and it is now clear that we’ve achieved the most incredible political thing,” Trump said early Wednesday in declaring victory in the election.
Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris - who conceded the race on Wednesday afternoon.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden spoke from the White House and assured Americans there will be a “peaceful and orderly” transition.
“Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory, and I assured him, I will direct my entire administration work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition,” Biden said in a short speech in front of staff and press.
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In speeches to supporters and rants on his Truth Social platform, he has on multiple occasions vowed to seek “retribution” and called his political opponents the “enemies from within.”
During an interview with Dr Phil in June, he issued an especially ominous threat. “Well, revenge does take time. I will say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified,” he said.
Rhian Lubin reports.
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‘The will of the people always prevails’: Biden promises ‘peaceful and orderly’ transition to Trump
Four years after Donald Trump refused to acknowledge losing the 2020 presidential election, President Joe Biden said his administration would honor Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris by facilitating a “peaceful and orderly transition” to the incoming Republican administration.
In remarks delivered from the White House Rose Garden to an audience that included a large portion of Biden’s cabinet and his granddaughter, Finnegan Biden, the president called the American electoral system “the greatest experiment in self-government in thehistory of the world.”
“The people vote and choose their own leaders, and hey do it peacefully. And we’re in a democracy — the will of the people always prevails,” he said.
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