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| With Thanksgiving approaching, the transition team is putting the last touches on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s national security leadership even as Mr. Trump pivots to his domestic and economic policy cabinet posts. In the meantime, he’s distracting attention from news of his business entanglements with a Twitter war against “Hamilton” and “Saturday Night Live.” | |
| Mr. Trump returned to New York City on Sunday night as his transition team looked toward filling in the blanks on the incoming administration’s economic and domestic policy leaders. | Mr. Trump returned to New York City on Sunday night as his transition team looked toward filling in the blanks on the incoming administration’s economic and domestic policy leaders. |
| Mr. Trump, who spent the weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., has not yet finished announcing all of the key members of his national security team. But after a weekend of interviewing potential secretaries of defense and state, the president-elect looked close to making those decisions. | Mr. Trump, who spent the weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., has not yet finished announcing all of the key members of his national security team. But after a weekend of interviewing potential secretaries of defense and state, the president-elect looked close to making those decisions. |
| “We made a couple of deals,” Mr. Trump, ever the real estate businessman, told reporters Sunday evening. | “We made a couple of deals,” Mr. Trump, ever the real estate businessman, told reporters Sunday evening. |
| Aides to Mr. Trump have indicated that the president-elect will soon turn his attention to other parts of his cabinet. Transition officials have said their economic and domestic policy teams will be in place by early next week to begin working with the Obama administration on the formal transfer of authority. | Aides to Mr. Trump have indicated that the president-elect will soon turn his attention to other parts of his cabinet. Transition officials have said their economic and domestic policy teams will be in place by early next week to begin working with the Obama administration on the formal transfer of authority. |
| One thing that could slow the process of vetting candidates and making announcements: Thanksgiving. Mr. Trump will spend the holiday in Florida — most likely at his Mar-a-Lago resort, The Tampa Bay Times reported. | One thing that could slow the process of vetting candidates and making announcements: Thanksgiving. Mr. Trump will spend the holiday in Florida — most likely at his Mar-a-Lago resort, The Tampa Bay Times reported. |
| For an incoming president, the news this weekend wasn’t pretty: a $25 million fraud settlement over Trump University; word of meetings with Indian business partners and the president-elect; Hillary Clinton’s expanding popular vote lead; and questions about the propriety of potentially appointing his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to a White House post. | For an incoming president, the news this weekend wasn’t pretty: a $25 million fraud settlement over Trump University; word of meetings with Indian business partners and the president-elect; Hillary Clinton’s expanding popular vote lead; and questions about the propriety of potentially appointing his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to a White House post. |
| So what’s a president-elect to do? | So what’s a president-elect to do? |
| Complain about pop culture. | Complain about pop culture. |
| Using his favorite social media tool — Twitter — Mr. Trump whined about his critics on “Saturday Night Live” and in the cast of “Hamilton,” providing a distraction for the easily distracted news media. | Using his favorite social media tool — Twitter — Mr. Trump whined about his critics on “Saturday Night Live” and in the cast of “Hamilton,” providing a distraction for the easily distracted news media. |
| With Mr. Trump still lining up meetings with foreign business partners, President Obama weighed in subtly from a summit meeting in Lima, Peru: liquidate your assets and start clean. | With Mr. Trump still lining up meetings with foreign business partners, President Obama weighed in subtly from a summit meeting in Lima, Peru: liquidate your assets and start clean. |
| After he won the election in 2008, Mr. Obama said he sold nearly all of his assets and bought Treasury bills. | After he won the election in 2008, Mr. Obama said he sold nearly all of his assets and bought Treasury bills. |
| “Just because it simplified my life,” he said. “I did not have to worry about the complexities of whether or not a decision I made might even inadvertently benefit me.” | “Just because it simplified my life,” he said. “I did not have to worry about the complexities of whether or not a decision I made might even inadvertently benefit me.” |
| Of course, Mr. Obama had considerably less to sell than our billionaire president-elect. | Of course, Mr. Obama had considerably less to sell than our billionaire president-elect. |
| Mr. Obama returns to a churning Washington in the pre-dawn hours on Monday from a two-continent, three-country tour that was his last major trip as president. Mr. Obama has no public events planned for Monday, ceding the field to Mr. Trump. | Mr. Obama returns to a churning Washington in the pre-dawn hours on Monday from a two-continent, three-country tour that was his last major trip as president. Mr. Obama has no public events planned for Monday, ceding the field to Mr. Trump. |
| During his stops in Greece, Germany and Peru, Mr. Obama held farewell meetings with leaders familiar and new, from Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Xi Jinping of China to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. | During his stops in Greece, Germany and Peru, Mr. Obama held farewell meetings with leaders familiar and new, from Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Xi Jinping of China to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. |
| On Tuesday, Mr. Obama is scheduled to give the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom to 21 honorees, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Hanks, Michael Jordan, Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Frank Gehry and Bill and Melinda Gates. | On Tuesday, Mr. Obama is scheduled to give the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom to 21 honorees, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Hanks, Michael Jordan, Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Frank Gehry and Bill and Melinda Gates. |
| The next day, on Thanksgiving Eve, he will pardon a turkey for the last time as president. | The next day, on Thanksgiving Eve, he will pardon a turkey for the last time as president. |
| Vice President-elect Mike Pence clearly thinks something out of the ordinary is happening as the Trump administration takes shape. | Vice President-elect Mike Pence clearly thinks something out of the ordinary is happening as the Trump administration takes shape. |
| In his appearance on Sunday on CBS, Mr. Pence praised the men and women of “extraordinary backgrounds and capabilities” putting the administration together. Then there was the “extraordinary capability” of Mr. Trump’s children, to be followed by the “extraordinary men and women” visiting the Trump team in New Jersey as job candidates. | In his appearance on Sunday on CBS, Mr. Pence praised the men and women of “extraordinary backgrounds and capabilities” putting the administration together. Then there was the “extraordinary capability” of Mr. Trump’s children, to be followed by the “extraordinary men and women” visiting the Trump team in New Jersey as job candidates. |
| One of those jobs would no doubt be lifting what Mr. Pence called the “extraordinary burden” of the new health care law. When it comes to national security candidates, Mr. Pence noted again their “extraordinary” talents.” As for “Hamilton,” the hit musical where Mr. Pence was booed on Friday, it was brought to the public by an “extraordinary team.” | One of those jobs would no doubt be lifting what Mr. Pence called the “extraordinary burden” of the new health care law. When it comes to national security candidates, Mr. Pence noted again their “extraordinary” talents.” As for “Hamilton,” the hit musical where Mr. Pence was booed on Friday, it was brought to the public by an “extraordinary team.” |
| All in all, his TV comments were, well, remarkable. | All in all, his TV comments were, well, remarkable. |
| While the names of people being considered for top posts in any presidential administration often leak out, the principals in charge typically don’t confirm the talks. The idea is to maintain a degree of plausible deniability if someone doesn’t get an offer or turns down a post. | While the names of people being considered for top posts in any presidential administration often leak out, the principals in charge typically don’t confirm the talks. The idea is to maintain a degree of plausible deniability if someone doesn’t get an offer or turns down a post. |
| But the Trump team seems to be doing things a bit differently. | But the Trump team seems to be doing things a bit differently. |
| Turning to Twitter early on Sunday morning, Mr. Trump praised James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, and noted that he “is being considered for secretary of defense.” And on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Mr. Pence said that Mitt Romney is “under active and serious consideration to serve as secretary of state of the United States.” | Turning to Twitter early on Sunday morning, Mr. Trump praised James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, and noted that he “is being considered for secretary of defense.” And on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Mr. Pence said that Mitt Romney is “under active and serious consideration to serve as secretary of state of the United States.” |
| Obviously, the usual rules do not apply these days. | Obviously, the usual rules do not apply these days. |