Inside Trump's strict new rules for picking his next White House team
Trumpʼs transition team runs deep checks on potential staff members looking at their past words and money trails. His new approach comes after dealing with opposing voices during his last time in office
Donald Trumpʼs transition group has set-up strict new ways to pick White House workers‚ with team-loyalty being the main thing they look for. The process includes deep-diving into peoples past statements and checking who they gave money to (which could hurt their chances)
Last time in office Trump had some not-so-good experiences with top officials: some tried to block his plans while others wrote mean things about him after leaving. His ex-chief of staff John Kelly even called him bad names just before the Nov 5 election; this explains why hes being extra-careful now
The search team is doing extra work to make sure no one gets in who might turn against the boss. “You need both skills and loyalty; you cant have just one“ says Mike Davis‚ a law-expert who talks to Trump often. On social media Davis made it clear: people must show real proof they support Trump before asking for help
- Looking at every social media post
- Checking all political money-giving
- Reading past interviews and statements
- Making sure they agree with MAGA ideas
Last Thursday Susie Wiles got picked as White House chief-of-staff‚ and on the weekend Trump said no to bringing back Nikki Haley or Mike Pompeo - both had said not-nice things about him. The transition team wants to bring campaign workers to the White House since theyʼve shown they can keep quiet and follow orders
Some people dont like this way of picking staff. The Democratic party says its putting Trumps wants ahead of what the country needs but his team thinks its the right way to avoid problems like last time‚ when he had to fire people like Jeff Sessions who wouldnʼt do what he wanted
