Trump Camp Denies Report It’s Cutting Back On Transition Efforts

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as Juanita Broaddrick speaks before the second presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Washington University, Sunday, Oct.... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as Juanita Broaddrick speaks before the second presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Washington University, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) MORE LESS
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An official with the Donald Trump campaign’s transition team on Wednesday denied a report that Trump has asked the transition team to focus less on filling cabinet positions and instead pitch in on the effort to get him elected.

“We hear the [campaign] noise in the background, but we consider that separate from our mission. Our eye is on our work here and the deadlines that are facing us. There has been no change in our schedule or approach,” Bill Palatucci, the Trump transition team’s general counsel, told the Washington Post.

Reuters reported on Tuesday that Trump had asked members of the transition team to cut back on their search for people to fill key positions in a potential Trump administration and instead help boost Trump to victory in November.

The transition team, which is led by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), has stopped looking for candidates to fill key cabinet positions, but the team is still working to find people to work in lower level administration positions, according to Reuters.

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  1. Maybe he should repurpose that team for transitioning him to life in prison, after HRC’s justice department busts him for all of his crooked dealings.

  2. maybe the transition team should concentrate on baby sitters for when Cheeto Donnie realizes he’s been fired and is and official LOSER…

    perhaps he could consider an official Trump labeled strait jacket for the deplorables to wear as a badge of honor…

  3. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Makes sense, Christie is a little distracted / busy. Plus he wasn’t that engaged after finding the perfect AG nominee. But, darn, even need to find a new name/person for that post.

  4. And, of course, none of them are getting paid (nor will they ever be) - it’s like the Trump policy shop that disbanded in August. The facade that this is anything but a massive grift is starting to crack …

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