Transition co-chair Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, told Epshteyn in front of others that this was not a meeting for him. As during Trump’s first term, competing factions have begun to run roughshod over each other, sometimes kicking up clouds of dust. Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager and White House senior adviser, is also not expected to return to the administration. “President Trump has a dedicated transition team full of patriots who are committed to serving the President and helping him staff his new administration,” Steven Cheung said in a statement. Though Lutnick did not persuade the president-elect, he did emerge with a plum assignment nonetheless as Trump’s choice for commerce secretary.

Source: Washington Post November 24, 2024 11:39 UTC