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Marco Rubio Will Support Tillerson for Secretary of State Marco Rubio Will Support Tillerson for Secretary of State
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■ Senator Marco Rubio will support Rex W. Tillerson for secretary of state, ending the threat to his confirmation.■ Senator Marco Rubio will support Rex W. Tillerson for secretary of state, ending the threat to his confirmation.
■ President Trump issues a warning to U.S. businesses: He is serious about imposing a border tax on goods from their overseas plants.■ President Trump issues a warning to U.S. businesses: He is serious about imposing a border tax on goods from their overseas plants.
■ Sean Spicer’s war with the news media goes back to his college days, and it was sad! Really! ■ A Breitbart reporter is heading to the White House to assist Stephen K. Bannon.
Mr. Rubio, Republican of Florida, announced his support on Monday morning for Mr. Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Mr. Tillerson, clearing the way for his confirmation.Mr. Rubio, Republican of Florida, announced his support on Monday morning for Mr. Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Mr. Tillerson, clearing the way for his confirmation.
Mr. Rubio had emerged as a potential tiebreaking vote on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is voting on whether to recommend Mr. Tillerson later on Monday. In a Facebook post, Mr. Rubio acknowledged “reservations” about the pick, citing Mr. Tillerson’s equivocating testimony on human rights issues. But he said the president was “entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet.”Mr. Rubio had emerged as a potential tiebreaking vote on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is voting on whether to recommend Mr. Tillerson later on Monday. In a Facebook post, Mr. Rubio acknowledged “reservations” about the pick, citing Mr. Tillerson’s equivocating testimony on human rights issues. But he said the president was “entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet.”
Mr. Trump issued a fresh tax warning to corporate America on Monday morning, promising that his administration would introduce a “substantial” border tax that would make it expensive for businesses to move factories outside the country.Mr. Trump issued a fresh tax warning to corporate America on Monday morning, promising that his administration would introduce a “substantial” border tax that would make it expensive for businesses to move factories outside the country.
“A company that wants to fire all of its people in the United States and build some factory someplace else, then thinks that product is going to just flow across the border into the United States,” Mr. Trump said — “that’s just not going to happen.”“A company that wants to fire all of its people in the United States and build some factory someplace else, then thinks that product is going to just flow across the border into the United States,” Mr. Trump said — “that’s just not going to happen.”
How such a tax would work is in question. Would a company like General Motors that already has a plant in Mexico be hit by the tax, or would it affect only companies that move operations overseas once the law passes? What about Apple, which has contracts with manufacturers in China but doesn’t manufacture there itself?How such a tax would work is in question. Would a company like General Motors that already has a plant in Mexico be hit by the tax, or would it affect only companies that move operations overseas once the law passes? What about Apple, which has contracts with manufacturers in China but doesn’t manufacture there itself?
Mr. Trump, who plans to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, rejected the notion that he was anti-trade, but insisted that his first priority as president is to put American workers first on such deals.Mr. Trump, who plans to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, rejected the notion that he was anti-trade, but insisted that his first priority as president is to put American workers first on such deals.
“What we want is fair trade” Mr. Trump said. “We’re going to treat countries fairly, but they have to treat us fairly.”“What we want is fair trade” Mr. Trump said. “We’re going to treat countries fairly, but they have to treat us fairly.”
Trying to ease concerns among American business executives about a border tax, Mr. Trump said that the solution was easy: Stay in the United States.Trying to ease concerns among American business executives about a border tax, Mr. Trump said that the solution was easy: Stay in the United States.
“If you stay here, there’s no tax,” he said. “All you have to do is stay.”“If you stay here, there’s no tax,” he said. “All you have to do is stay.”
Before his rise to Mr. Trump’s White House, Mr. Spicer, the press secretary, was known around Washington as the somewhat beleaguered communications chief at the Republican National Committee, and before that, a spokesman around Republican quarters of the House. Julia Hahn, a young writer for the website Breitbart, is expected to join the White House as an aide working with her former boss, Mr. Bannon, the president’s chief strategist.
Ms. Hahn’s exact title and duties are unclear, although one White House official, who was not authorized to speak publicly because Ms. Hahn has not yet been formally hired, said that there were a number of junior-level positions open and she would slide into one.
But Ms. Hahn wrote several Breitbart articles savaging House Speaker Paul D. Ryan over his past support for comprehensive immigration reform and his criticism of Mr. Trump during the campaign.
“He’s With Her: Inside Paul Ryan’s Months-Long Campaign to Elect Hillary Clinton President,” blared the headline on one piece in October.
During the transition period, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Bannon, who was the chairman of Breitbart, are said to have begun to develop a relationship. And aides to Mr. Ryan came away from a meeting on tax reform with Mr. Bannon and other senior advisers to the president describing Mr. Bannon as the only one with a nuanced understanding of policy.
Ms. Hahn would represent an expansion of Mr. Bannon’s growing sway within the White House, as he aligns with the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, to develop a governing philosophy for the new administration.
Before his rise to Mr. Trump’s White House, Sean Spicer, the press secretary, was known around Washington as the somewhat beleaguered communications chief at the Republican National Committee, and before that, a spokesman around Republican quarters of the House.
But his brushes with the news media — and ensuing raw feelings — go further back than that, to his school days at Connecticut College, where he was a student government senator and his relationship with The College Voice was, shall we say, not terribly cordial. He may have even coined the meme “Sad!”But his brushes with the news media — and ensuing raw feelings — go further back than that, to his school days at Connecticut College, where he was a student government senator and his relationship with The College Voice was, shall we say, not terribly cordial. He may have even coined the meme “Sad!”
It started in April 1993, when The College Voice’s “This Week in Assembly” column detailed an amendment to ensure that an antismoking regulation would not affect existing rules for the creation of smoking and nonsmoking rooms for exams, sponsored by one “Sean Sphincter.”It started in April 1993, when The College Voice’s “This Week in Assembly” column detailed an amendment to ensure that an antismoking regulation would not affect existing rules for the creation of smoking and nonsmoking rooms for exams, sponsored by one “Sean Sphincter.”
That May, The College Voice allowed that Mr. Spicer was “unintentionally misidentified” and that the paper “regrets the error.”That May, The College Voice allowed that Mr. Spicer was “unintentionally misidentified” and that the paper “regrets the error.”
This did not satisfy Mr. Spicer, who dashed off an angry letter to the editor about the article “in which my name was ‘misspelled.’”This did not satisfy Mr. Spicer, who dashed off an angry letter to the editor about the article “in which my name was ‘misspelled.’”
“While those involved claimed that this was a copy joke that went unnoticed, I believe that it was a malicious and intentional attack. For a paper which claims to be run by ‘professional’ standards, I find it a bit sad that this type of reporting is explained as a simple part of production.”“While those involved claimed that this was a copy joke that went unnoticed, I believe that it was a malicious and intentional attack. For a paper which claims to be run by ‘professional’ standards, I find it a bit sad that this type of reporting is explained as a simple part of production.”
The White House press secretary’s emphatic insistence that 1.5 million people attended Mr. Trump’s inauguration has become quite the national punch line.
The Dallas Stars got into the act:
So did this guy:
Even Steve Kerr, the coach of the Golden State Warriors and former pro player, was having fun with it.
Mr. Trump announced that he will nominate former Representative Heather Wilson as secretary of the Air Force, making her the first graduate of the Air Force Academy to serve in the role.
Ms. Wilson, a Republican, represented New Mexico in the House from 1998 to 2009 but lost two races for the Senate. Since 2013, she has served as president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Her name had been floated for other administration positions, including director of national intelligence.
The new president is still on Twitter, naturally, but he apparently hasn’t decided where his followers are to look.The new president is still on Twitter, naturally, but he apparently hasn’t decided where his followers are to look.
On his old @realDonaldTrump feed on Monday morning, he offered up a little bit of news for the day ahead.On his old @realDonaldTrump feed on Monday morning, he offered up a little bit of news for the day ahead.
The @POTUS account, intermittently used by President Obama and usually a tad dull, has become a propaganda arm of the Trump White House, with exaltations, quotations and photographs — and a profile pic of Mr. Trump that is pure Trump. The @POTUS account, intermittently used by President Barack Obama and usually a tad dull, has become a propaganda arm of the Trump White House, with exaltations, quotations and photographs — and a profile pic of the new president that is pure Trump.
The White House did move the president’s initial @realDonaldTrump post on Monday morning to the official account, 23 minutes later. Perhaps his advisers can nudge him away from a personal account that technically he shouldn’t be using, according to the same rules that he cited when he blasted Hillary Clinton for her personal email server.The White House did move the president’s initial @realDonaldTrump post on Monday morning to the official account, 23 minutes later. Perhaps his advisers can nudge him away from a personal account that technically he shouldn’t be using, according to the same rules that he cited when he blasted Hillary Clinton for her personal email server.
A longer look at his daily schedule is here:A longer look at his daily schedule is here:
Separately, Mr. Trump’s not-so-loyal opposition is pushing #MuteMonday, encouraging people to unfollow @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS, find a new leader to follow and share their choice.Separately, Mr. Trump’s not-so-loyal opposition is pushing #MuteMonday, encouraging people to unfollow @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS, find a new leader to follow and share their choice.
The bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate are scheduled to go to the White House on Monday for what is billed as a casual reception with Mr. Trump.The bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate are scheduled to go to the White House on Monday for what is billed as a casual reception with Mr. Trump.
At the inaugural luncheon after Mr. Trump’s swearing-in on Friday, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, spent a good 15 minutes yakking with Mr. Trump, apparently to express displeasure with the president’s cabinet nominees, in particular Representative Tom Price of Georgia, the nominee to be secretary of health and human services.At the inaugural luncheon after Mr. Trump’s swearing-in on Friday, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, spent a good 15 minutes yakking with Mr. Trump, apparently to express displeasure with the president’s cabinet nominees, in particular Representative Tom Price of Georgia, the nominee to be secretary of health and human services.
The session will be the president’s first extended opportunity to look for common ground with Democrats, who have denounced his messages and policy priorities, including his executive order on Saturday to pave the way for weakening the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.The session will be the president’s first extended opportunity to look for common ground with Democrats, who have denounced his messages and policy priorities, including his executive order on Saturday to pave the way for weakening the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
And he will have the chance to discuss potential bipartisan initiatives, including his $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan. He will also have a chance to discuss potential bipartisan initiatives, including his $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan.
Mr. Trump has high hopes for his relationship with Capitol Hill; he declared on Friday, just minutes after being sworn in, that “we all want the same thing,” regardless of political party, and, “we’re going to get along.” Mr. Trump has high hopes for his relationship with Capitol Hill. He declared on Friday, just minutes after being sworn in, that “we all want the same thing,” regardless of political party, and, “we’re going to get along.”
Monday’s late-afternoon gathering will be a first test.Monday’s late-afternoon gathering will be a first test.
Mr. Schumer is slated to be at the Monday meeting with Senators Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, and John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Republican; Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin; and Representatives Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, Nancy Pelosi of California, the minority leader, and Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the minority whip. Mr. Schumer is slated to be at the Monday meeting with Senators Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, and John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Republican; Mr. Ryan; and Representatives Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, Nancy Pelosi of California, the minority leader, and Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the minority whip.
Notably, Mr. Trump is set to meet alone with Mr. Ryan afterward.Notably, Mr. Trump is set to meet alone with Mr. Ryan afterward.
Nominees are likely to be only one of the topics.Nominees are likely to be only one of the topics.
Mr. Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Rex W. Tillerson, appears likely to win Senate confirmation, close relationship with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and all. But senators are still wary of the Russia connections. Mr. Tillerson appears likely to win Senate confirmation, close relationship with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and all. But senators are still wary of the Russia connections.
Mr. Schumer, along with Senator Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, are introducing legislation that would require a congressional vote for the lifting of sanctions that were imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and proxy war in that former Soviet state. Mr. Schumer and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, are introducing legislation that would require a congressional vote to lift the sanctions that were imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and proxy war in that former Soviet state.
The two senators will emphasize that the legislation will also cover sanctions imposed just weeks ago by Mr. Obama after intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered with the 2016 election in hopes of electing Mr. Trump president. The measure, modeled after a law that required a congressional vote on the Iran nuclear deal, is expected to have bipartisan support, as that legislation did. The two senators will emphasize that the legislation will also cover sanctions imposed just weeks ago by Mr. Obama after intelligence agencies concluded that Russia had interfered with the 2016 election in hopes of helping elect Mr. Trump. The measure, modeled after a law that required a congressional vote on the Iran nuclear deal, is expected to have bipartisan support, as that legislation did.