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Before Inauguration, Trump Says He Did Not Divide the Nation Before Inauguration, Trump Says He Did Not Divide the Nation
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■ President-elect Donald J. Trump says he didn’t divide the country. It was divided already. His source: Franklin Graham.■ President-elect Donald J. Trump says he didn’t divide the country. It was divided already. His source: Franklin Graham.
■ Vice President-elect Mike Pence defended Mr. Trump’s tweeting.■ Vice President-elect Mike Pence defended Mr. Trump’s tweeting.
■ When pressed, the nominee for Treasury secretary, Steven T. Mnuchin, told the Senate Finance Committee that he was an officer at an investment fund based in a tax haven, and much more.■ When pressed, the nominee for Treasury secretary, Steven T. Mnuchin, told the Senate Finance Committee that he was an officer at an investment fund based in a tax haven, and much more.
A day before Mr. Trump is to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, he took to Twitter to assert that he is not responsible for the nation’s divisions. His champion? Rev. Franklin Graham. A day before Mr. Trump is to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, he took to Twitter to assert that he is not responsible for the nation’s divisions. His champion? The Rev. Franklin Graham.
To some, Mr. Graham’s good wishes may not hold much weight. Last month on Facebook, he decried House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s failure to join him and the president-elect in ending all Muslim immigration “until we can properly vet them or until the war with Islam is over.”To some, Mr. Graham’s good wishes may not hold much weight. Last month on Facebook, he decried House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s failure to join him and the president-elect in ending all Muslim immigration “until we can properly vet them or until the war with Islam is over.”
He castigated Representative William Lacy Clay, Democrat of Missouri, for defending a high school student’s artwork depicting a confrontation between citizens and police, depicted as pigs.He castigated Representative William Lacy Clay, Democrat of Missouri, for defending a high school student’s artwork depicting a confrontation between citizens and police, depicted as pigs.
And last year, Mr. Graham said of homosexuals, “you cannot stay gay and continue to call yourself a Christian.”And last year, Mr. Graham said of homosexuals, “you cannot stay gay and continue to call yourself a Christian.”
Ready or not, Mr. Trump begins his journey from Manhattan to Washington on Thursday, by military jet, not Trump Force One, to assume the presidency. He let the country know by Twitter.Ready or not, Mr. Trump begins his journey from Manhattan to Washington on Thursday, by military jet, not Trump Force One, to assume the presidency. He let the country know by Twitter.
And that’s O.K. by the man who will be his vice president, Mike Pence, who told Charlie Rose on CBS, “I think one of the really refreshing things about the president-elect is that he speaks his mind and sometimes he does that from a podium, sometimes he does that in an interview and sometime he does that on Twitter.”And that’s O.K. by the man who will be his vice president, Mike Pence, who told Charlie Rose on CBS, “I think one of the really refreshing things about the president-elect is that he speaks his mind and sometimes he does that from a podium, sometimes he does that in an interview and sometime he does that on Twitter.”
Questioning his Twitter habits is just not fair, Mr. Pence added. Questioning Mr. Trump’s Twitter habits is just not fair, Mr. Pence added.
By the way, it isn’t just the media. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll published Wednesday found that 69 percent of Americans did not like Mr. Trump’s tweeting, agreeing that “in an instant, messages can have unintended major implications without careful review.”By the way, it isn’t just the media. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll published Wednesday found that 69 percent of Americans did not like Mr. Trump’s tweeting, agreeing that “in an instant, messages can have unintended major implications without careful review.”
At first blush, Mr. Mnuchin was a busy enough man, with his investment business and his Hollywood endeavors listed on a Dec. 19 questionnaire for the Senate Finance Committee that he swore was “true, accurate and complete.”At first blush, Mr. Mnuchin was a busy enough man, with his investment business and his Hollywood endeavors listed on a Dec. 19 questionnaire for the Senate Finance Committee that he swore was “true, accurate and complete.”
But when pushed by committee aides, Mr. Mnuchin conceded there was more. In a revised questionnaire submitted to the committee this month, he disclosed that he was also the director of Dune Capital International Ltd., an investment fund incorporated in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven. He also revealed his management posts in seven other investment funds, which he said he “inadvertently missed,” according to Finance Committee documents obtained by The New York Times.But when pushed by committee aides, Mr. Mnuchin conceded there was more. In a revised questionnaire submitted to the committee this month, he disclosed that he was also the director of Dune Capital International Ltd., an investment fund incorporated in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven. He also revealed his management posts in seven other investment funds, which he said he “inadvertently missed,” according to Finance Committee documents obtained by The New York Times.
According to those documents:According to those documents:
Oh, he also forgot to disclose the $906,556 worth of artwork held by his children.Oh, he also forgot to disclose the $906,556 worth of artwork held by his children.
The anger or disappointment at President Obama’s decision to commute Ms. Manning’s sentence after seven years in military prison has been bipartisan. Ms. Manning, then Prvt. Bradley Manning, leaked thousands of military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks, becoming a hero to some on the left but a villain to many, especially in the military.The anger or disappointment at President Obama’s decision to commute Ms. Manning’s sentence after seven years in military prison has been bipartisan. Ms. Manning, then Prvt. Bradley Manning, leaked thousands of military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks, becoming a hero to some on the left but a villain to many, especially in the military.
Ms. Manning did appreciate it though. Ms. Manning did appreciate it, though.
Mr. Trump plans to appear at the swearing-in ceremony for Mike Pompeo, his choice for director of the C.I.A., after an interfaith prayer service on his first full day in office, a person briefed on the plans said.Mr. Trump plans to appear at the swearing-in ceremony for Mike Pompeo, his choice for director of the C.I.A., after an interfaith prayer service on his first full day in office, a person briefed on the plans said.
Mr. Trump’s visit to C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, Va., will be one of his earliest official acts as president and could be seen as a gesture to an agency whose work he has criticized repeatedly since his victory in November.Mr. Trump’s visit to C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, Va., will be one of his earliest official acts as president and could be seen as a gesture to an agency whose work he has criticized repeatedly since his victory in November.
The visit would come much earlier in his administration than in those of his three immediate predecessors. President Bill Clinton, who defended the agency amid proposed cuts, first went to Langley a year after taking office; President Obama visited in April 2009, a few months after his inauguration; and President George W. Bush went even sooner, in March 2001.The visit would come much earlier in his administration than in those of his three immediate predecessors. President Bill Clinton, who defended the agency amid proposed cuts, first went to Langley a year after taking office; President Obama visited in April 2009, a few months after his inauguration; and President George W. Bush went even sooner, in March 2001.
The visit is an opportunity for Mr. Trump to display the seriousness of the job.The visit is an opportunity for Mr. Trump to display the seriousness of the job.
His days outside the White House waning, the president-elect dashed from New York to Washington on Wednesday night for a bit of a folderol:a stop at the National Portrait Gallery to honor his vice president-elect, Mike Pence, then a cabinet secretaries’ dinner at the Library of Congress.His days outside the White House waning, the president-elect dashed from New York to Washington on Wednesday night for a bit of a folderol:a stop at the National Portrait Gallery to honor his vice president-elect, Mike Pence, then a cabinet secretaries’ dinner at the Library of Congress.
Mr. Trump did take the time to snap a photograph with a celebrity on hand to celebrate with Mr. Pence: the country singer Lee Greenwood of “God Bless the U.S.A.” fame.Mr. Trump did take the time to snap a photograph with a celebrity on hand to celebrate with Mr. Pence: the country singer Lee Greenwood of “God Bless the U.S.A.” fame.
With A-list celebrities hard to come by for the inaugural festivities, country music has proved to be something of a lifeline.With A-list celebrities hard to come by for the inaugural festivities, country music has proved to be something of a lifeline.
On such nights, presidents (and presidents-elect) often make unscheduled stops — sometimes at a soup kitchen, sometimes at a diner or burger joint — to fraternize with ordinary folks. Mr. Trump also made an unexpected stop at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, where he had dinner.On such nights, presidents (and presidents-elect) often make unscheduled stops — sometimes at a soup kitchen, sometimes at a diner or burger joint — to fraternize with ordinary folks. Mr. Trump also made an unexpected stop at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, where he had dinner.
One assumes that for the small pool of journalists tagging along, the hotel made an exception to the no-reporter rule handed down by management for the inaugural festivities.One assumes that for the small pool of journalists tagging along, the hotel made an exception to the no-reporter rule handed down by management for the inaugural festivities.
Of course the real fun in Washington on Wednesday night was on Mr. Pence’s street, where gay rights activists gathered to dance and twerk — a protest of sorts of the incoming vice president’s views of homosexuals. From the Portrait Gallery to this:Of course the real fun in Washington on Wednesday night was on Mr. Pence’s street, where gay rights activists gathered to dance and twerk — a protest of sorts of the incoming vice president’s views of homosexuals. From the Portrait Gallery to this: