Trump's team to raise millions for Jan. 20 events

[webfact]

Trump's team to raise millions for Jan. 20 events

By STEVE PEOPLES

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump's team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration.

 

Trump, who vowed during the campaign to "drain the swamp" of special interests corrupting Washington, has set $1 million donation limits for corporations and no limits for individual donors, according to an official on the Presidential Inaugural Committee with direct knowledge of tentative fundraising plans. At the same time, Trump's inaugural committee will not accept money from registered lobbyists, in line with his ban on hiring lobbyists for his nascent administration.

 

Barack Obama set stricter limits on donations for his first inauguration, in 2009, holding individual donors to $50,000 each and taking no money from corporations or labor unions, as well as none from lobbyists and some other groups. Plenty of corporate executives, though, gave individually and often at the maximum amount. And he opened the spigots for his 2013 inauguration, setting no limits on corporate or individual donations.

 

The new details, confirmed Thursday on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to disclose private deliberations, came as Trump gathered with family at his Palm Beach estate on Thanksgiving.

 

It was a working holiday of sorts for Trump, who suggested on Twitter that he was engaged in trying to prevent an Indiana air conditioning company from moving jobs to Mexico.

 

"I am working hard, even on Thanksgiving, trying to get Carrier A.C. Company to stay in the U.S.," Trump tweeted. "MAKING PROGRESS - Will know soon!"

 

The company, which has announced plans to move 1,400 jobs to Mexico from Indiana in the coming years, confirmed Thursday it "has had discussions with the incoming administration," but said there was "nothing to announce at this time."

 

On the eve of the national holiday, the president-elect offered a prayer for unity after "a long and bruising" campaign season.

"Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight," Trump said in a video message on social media. He added, "It's my prayer that on this Thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve."

 

Unity has emerged as a common theme during Trump's limited public appearances in the days since his stunning general election victory, which followed a campaign season in which he rained extraordinary personal attacks on his opponents in both parties, the media and his many Republican critics.

 

Unity would also be a theme for the incoming president's Jan. 20 inauguration, the official said.

 

While Trump's fundraising plans have not been completed, he is expected to raise significantly more than the $43 million Obama raised for his 2013 inauguration. Taxpayers cover the cost of official activities such as the swearing-in, but outside donations pay for the many related balls and parties.

 

Trump has focused most of his attention in the two weeks since his victory on building a White House team from scratch.

He injected the first signs of diversity into his Cabinet-to-be on Wednesday, tapping South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the Department of Education. They are the first women selected for top-level administration posts. And Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, would be his first minority selection after a string of announcements of white men.

 

The South Carolina governor has little foreign policy experience, yet Trump praised her as "a proven dealmaker." DeVos, like Trump, is new to government but has spent decades working to change America's system of public education.

 

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Wednesday said "an announcement is forthcoming" on his position, which would make him the first black choice — possibly as secretary of housing and urban development. But he also suggested he'd be thinking about it over the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

"I feel that I can make a significant contribution particularly to making our inner cities great for everyone," Carson wrote on his Facebook page.

 

Trump is also expected to select billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Jr. to lead the Commerce Department, a senior Trump adviser said on condition of anonymity because the adviser was not authorized to disclose internal deliberations. The 78-year-old Ross, who is white, is chairman and chief strategy officer of private-equity firm W.L. Ross & Co., which has specialized in buying failing companies.

 

The picks come as Trump works to dissociate himself from the alt-right, a movement of white supremacists who continue to cheer his election. His first appointments included chief counselor Steve Bannon, who previously led a website popular among the alt-right.

 

Trump on Thursday was with his family behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach estate. He's spending the Thanksgiving holiday there after a week of interviewing potential appointees in New York, punctuated by announcements of members of his national security team.

 

He will be sworn into office in fewer than 60 days. Beyond his Cabinet, he must fill hundreds of high-level administration posts.

Trump is expected to stay in Florida through the weekend.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-11-25

[Jingthing]

trump has limited bandwidth. Yes, he's focused on staffing now but bizarrely is eschewing security briefings. That is not normal for a president elect. He's not in office yet but imagine what he might be missing, not that anyone would have any confidence that he is competent to process such information. 

[lannarebirth]

15 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

trump has limited bandwidth. Yes, he's focused on staffing now but bizarrely is eschewing security briefings. That is not normal for a president elect. He's not in office yet but imagine what he might be missing, not that anyone would have any confidence that he is competent to process such information. 

 

I would put this under the heading of "things to be thankful for" on this Thanksgiving day in America.

[Rob13]

24 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

I would put this under the heading of "things to be thankful for" on this Thanksgiving day in America.

 

 

He's chosen to remain ignorant of his duties. Hardly something to be grateful for,especially in a world leader.

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, Rob13 said:

 

 

He's chosen to remain ignorant of his duties. Hardly something to be grateful for,especially in a world leader.

It indicates to me he plans on delegating "thinking" on such critical matters to others. But the USA elected him (God knows why).  He knows his limits (doesn't read and has a tiny tiny attention span) and the world knows his limits too. That man baby (President D.J. "Bait and Switch" trump) as USA president is a shaky prospect. 

Edited November 25, 2016 by Jingthing

[Rob13]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It indicates to me he plans on delegating "thinking" on such critical matters to others.

 

 

Yeah,that seems to be his approach. It'd be good to see him get involved on the 'big' issues, and show that he's taking the job seriously. 

[Ulysses G.]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

trump has limited bandwidth. Yes, he's focused on staffing now but bizarrely is eschewing security briefings. 

 

Wasn't Barack Obama critisized for exactly the same thing? I do not recall such liberal outrage about that.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-is-obama-skipping-more-than-half-of-his-daily-intelligence-meetings/2012/09/10/6624afe8-fb49-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html?utm_term=.8672a2b22a38

[iReason]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

Wasn't Barack Obama critisized for exactly the same thing? I do not recall such liberal outrage about that

 

Yawn...

Typical boring deflection.

[Ulysses G.]

Yet a fact.

[iReason]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

Yet a fact.

 

As is the sun sets in the west.

You have any other deflective axes to grind about President Obama on a Trump thread?

Edited November 25, 2016 by iReason

[Silurian]

1 hour ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

Wasn't Barack Obama critisized for exactly the same thing? I do not recall such liberal outrage about that.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-is-obama-skipping-more-than-half-of-his-daily-intelligence-meetings/2012/09/10/6624afe8-fb49-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html?utm_term=.8672a2b22a38

 

Did you even read the article or just the headline? Even when Obama doesn't attend the meeting he still reads the PDB. 

 

"He says that the president reads his PDB every day..."

“The president gets the information he needs from the intelligence community each day.”

 

I wonder if the same is true of Donald? Somehow I doubt it.

 

Also, a good link from the same article that Donald might want to read and absorb.

 

Measuring a president’s approach on foreign policy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/measuring-a-presidents-approach-on-foreign-policy/2012/01/14/gIQANYv13P_story.html

 

[Ulysses G.]

15 minutes ago, Silurian said:

 

Did you even read the article or just the headline? Even when Obama doesn't attend the meeting he still reads the PDB. 

 

 

Yes I did. Exactly as I said. Obama was accused of the same thing. Despite the negative spin, you have no idea if Trump reads the PDB or not.

Edited November 25, 2016 by Ulysses G.

[iReason]

Just now, Silurian said:

 

Did you even read the article or just the headline? Even when Obama doesn't attend the meeting he still reads the PDB. 

 

"He says that the president reads his PDB every day..."

“The president gets the information he needs from the intelligence community each day.”

 

I wonder if the same is true of Donald? Somehow I doubt it.

 

Also, a good link from the same article that Donald might want to read and absorb.

 

Measuring a president’s approach on foreign policy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/measuring-a-presidents-approach-on-foreign-policy/2012/01/14/gIQANYv13P_story.html

 

 

In my experience, it appears the Trumpeteers rarely read the articles they post.

They do a cursory search and up pops a headline that they perceive validates their position.

And then they rush to judgment. (Even if it has nothing to do with the topic of the thread)

When indeed, in many caes, the very article they post invalidates their position.

Laughable...

 

Edited November 25, 2016 by iReason

[iReason]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

 

Yes I did. Exactly as I said. Obama was accused of the same thing. Despite the negative spin, you have no idea if Trump reads the PDB or not.

 

Despite another deflection from your original post, you have no idea either.

Pointless. 

[Ulysses G.]

Nonense. How does an article about Obama not attending intelligence briefings invalidate my point? It is exactly the same thing Trump is accused of. 

 

6 minutes ago, iReason said:

 

When indeed, in many caes, the very article they post invalidates their position.

 

 

[iReason]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

Nonense. How does an article about Obama not attending intelligence briefings invalidate my point? It is exactly the same thing Trump is accused of. 

 

Thank you for finally validating the prevailing opinion that you are indeed, a Trumpeteer. (albeit closeted)

Despite your continued disingenuous claims to the opposite. 

[Scott]

Stop bickering and baiting posters into nonsensical arguments.   That is not the topic of the thread.  

 

[chilli42]

Historically, Trump was not a Republican ... he is from NYC.  He simply picked the GOP as an expedient to get in office.  Have to admit it was a clever party choice looking at the losers he ran against.  Trump is his own man and will do what he wants, with the allowable bounds of the position.  As far as getting deeply involved in briefings, St Regan sat two terms and I still wonder if he even knew what room he was in.

[elgordo38]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

It was a working holiday of sorts for Trump, who suggested on Twitter that he was engaged in trying to prevent an Indiana air conditioning company from moving jobs to Mexico.

Psst Donald your trying to flog a dead horse. This a/c company has already left the building. I see Ohio just landed 3,000 jobs minus 300 reserved for Chinese workers (whipping boys?) by a Chinese typhoon. Wage rates are $15 to 20 an hour much like the wages I was making when I retired over 20 years ago. Guess these are the "Make America Great Again" jobs you were touting during the recent election campaign. Well it could be worse in Greece if you want to work on the docks there you are on call 24 hours a day 24/7/365. Goodbye social life any kind of life for that matter. Its run by a Chinese corporation of course. They can work you from a couple hours up to 15 hours straight no break. Take a trip to China and talk corporations into bringing more quality jobs to America now that American workers have been truly lobotomized the proof therein is the the support they threw behind you in the recent election. Go Trump Go. Make America great again. 

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, chilli42 said:

Historically, Trump was not a Republican ... he is from NYC.  He simply picked the GOP as an expedient to get in office.  Have to admit it was a clever party choice looking at the losers he ran against.  Trump is his own man and will do what he wants, with the allowable bounds of the position.  As far as getting deeply involved in briefings, St Regan sat two terms and I still wonder if he even knew what room he was in.

Not exactly. 

He has a dictatorial personality, obviously, and there are some things he can do by executive order and executive power (most concerning are WAR powers) ... BUT, for lots of things he'll need to negotiate with both more conventional republicans and democrats to get things through congress.

[dunroaming]

Actually Trump is not in office yet so any comparisons with him and Obama are somewhat premature.  Anyway he is dealing with important matters at the moment like celebrations for his victory.  The underlings can deal with matters concerning the USA  because he has a party to organise!

[Jingthing]

Actually Trump is not in office yet so any comparisons with him and Obama are somewhat premature.  Anyway he is dealing with important matters at the moment like celebrations for his victory.  The underlings can deal with matters concerning the USA  because he has a party to organise!

No. President elects normally attend special briefings. He has mostly avoided. Not normal. He'd rather tweet.

[Silurian]

It will be interesting to see the actual talent line up for these events.

 

Some of the hopefuls:

Music: Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Gene Simmons, Loretta Lynn, Wayne Newton

Famous has-beens: Scott Baio, Mike Tyson, Gary Busey, Lou Ferrigno, Hulk Hogan

Special Guest Star: Ex-Gov Rick Perry performing his famous Vanilla Ice rap music.

 

Star studded all the way!

 

 

[Morch]

10 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

Wasn't Barack Obama critisized for exactly the same thing? I do not recall such liberal outrage about that.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-is-obama-skipping-more-than-half-of-his-daily-intelligence-meetings/2012/09/10/6624afe8-fb49-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html?utm_term=.8672a2b22a38

 

Fair enough, but the comparison ought to have been with Obama's first period as president-elect. I would assume that after some time on the job, one learns something about task management. Considering how clueless Trump is with regard to many a foreign relations issues, it is rather odd (or not, depending how you look at it) that he doesn't attend.

[dunroaming]

47 minutes ago, Silurian said:

It will be interesting to see the actual talent line up for these events.

 

Some of the hopefuls:

Music: Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Gene Simmons, Loretta Lynn, Wayne Newton

Famous has-beens: Scott Baio, Mike Tyson, Gary Busey, Lou Ferrigno, Hulk Hogan

Special Guest Star: Ex-Gov Rick Perry performing his famous Vanilla Ice rap music.

 

Star studded all the way!

 

 

 

That sure is a good line up of C-listers and has-beens.

[Scott]

Off-topic posts removed.   If you want to troll, go elsewhere.