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TRUMP BRACES TO 'HIT THE GROUND RUNNING' AS PRESIDENT

'He can literally step into his desk that 1st morning and function as commander in chief'

Greg Corombos

While the mainstream media camp out in the lobby of Trump Tower, the work being done upstairs by the Trump transition team is a seemingly endless stream of personnel decisions, policy briefings and figuring out the personal and political chemistry of the president-elect’s inner circle.

Trump won the 2016 election on Nov. 8. He now has just over 50 days to prepare to assume the most powerful office in the world. And that means his team needs to get him ready.

“The idea is that when a president takes office Jan. 20, that he can literally step into his desk that first morning and begin to function as commander in chief and handle all the duties of the presidency,” said Reagan White House political director Frank Donatelli.

He told WND and Radio America the first order of business is growing the president’s staff.

“When someone runs for president, chances are they have a small coterie of advisers around them. Of course, once you become president, you need a lot more people than that. So they have to expand the circle pretty rapidly,” Donatelli explained.

While much of the media attention centers on the high-profile cabinet selections, there are a total of about 4,000 political appointments for a president to make.

“Any position that is cabinet-level, deputy secretary or assistant secretary, generally those require Senate confirmation. The president will have some involvement at that level,” Donatelli said.

He adds that while 4,000 may seem like a lot, there are about one million career government employees.

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