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The president-elect is flying to Indiana on Thursday for an event with officials from Carrier Corp., which is keeping about 1,000 jobs in the U.S. instead of moving them to Mexico. In doing so, he's showing an early deftness for the way the theater of the presidency can be used to shape perceptions of those who occupy the Oval Office.
In this Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as he arrive at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump, ethics attorneys and good-government groups are all grappling with how to navigate being a president with extraordinary international and domestic business ties. While others in government are bound by rules and regulations about their business ties, the president has fewer such restrictions.
President-elect Donald Trump is set on Thursday to trumpet a deal with furnace and air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corp. that would reduce the planned 1,400 job cuts at an Indianapolis factory that became a political cause during the presidential campaign. Feb. 10: Company officials announce plans to shutter the Indianapolis factory, along with a 700-worker factory in the northeastern Indiana city of Huntington that is also owned by Carrier parent company United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, Connecticut.
The deliberations continue for Donald Trump over who should be his top cabinet pick , Secretary of State . An announcement may not come until next week.
In a statement , Carrier did not provide further details of the deal, but said incentives offered by Indiana were an "important consideration" in the decision to keep production - and about 1,000 jobs - in the state. "We are announcing today that Carrier will continue to manufacture gas furnaces in Indianapolis, in addition to retaining engineering and headquarters staff, preserving more than 1,000 jobs," the company said in a statement.
"Has Donald Trump kept one of his campaign promises to Indiana?" asked WRTV in Indianapolis last night after word broke that Carrier would keep 1,000 jobs in place rather than send them to Monterrey, Mexico. The major manufacturer had planned to close out 1,400 positions, and workers had hoped that Trump and his running mate Mike Pence could act quickly to save as many of them as possible.
Air conditioning company Carrier Corp. said Tuesday it had reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence planned to travel to the state Thursday to unveil the agreement alongside company officials.
Elaine Chao's record at the Labor Department suggests she'd have a light hand when it comes to safety regulation as transportation secretary and would seek to shift responsibility from the federal government to... Trump has a follow-up meeting Tuesday with the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, who has become a symbol of the internal divisions agitating the transition team. Reaching deep into conservative territory, President-elect Donald Trump chose Georgia Rep. Tom Price to oversee the nation's health care system on Tuesday, picking a fierce "Obamacare" critic who also has championed... President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday received only his third top-secret intelligence briefing since his election four weeks ago.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Georgia Rep. Tom Price, a strong critic of the Affordable Care Act, to be his secretary of Health and Human Services, his transition team announced this morning. What he does now : Represents Georgia's 6th district since 2004 in the House of Representatives.
Trump victory tour: 'Thank you' or 'ego' trip? President-elect Donald Trump is launching his nationwide victory tour in Cincinnati on Thursday night. Check out this story on portclintonnewsherald.com: http://cin.ci/2gfFCLa Donald Trump is the first president-elect ever known to go on a nationwide victory tour, which kicks off this week in a key swing state that helped the real estate mogul pull off his surprise victory.
President-elect Donald Trump is for now unswayed by the extraordinarily public revolt by some of his top advisers and allies over the possible choice of Mitt Romney as secretary of state and continues to see his foe as a serious contender for the diplomatic post, several people briefed on the deliberations said Monday. Romney plans to have a private dinner Tuesday with Trump, who is said to be intrigued by the notion of reconciling with one of his fiercest Republican antagonists - even as he also weighs rewarding the loyalty of former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani with one of the administration's most prized jobs or selecting a decorated military officer in David H. Petraeus.
A key aide to Vice President-elect Mike Pence removed himself from the U.S. government's rolls of federal lobbyists and canceled a lucrative lobbying contract with the state of Indiana days before Donald Trump's team announced it will ban lobbyists from taking jobs with the administration. Joshua Pitcock filed the necessary paperwork Nov. 14 and canceled a contract that had paid him $23,000 a month to be the sole Washington lobbyist for Indiana, where Pence has been governor.
Trump has hyped and teased who he will pick to serve in his administration, tweeting that only he knows the "finalists." C-SPAN cameras have broadcast the lobby of Trump Tower , allowing curious viewers to watch the spectacle from their own homes.
President-elect Donald Trump is connecting with foreign leaders and considering new Cabinet-prospects Friday as he gathers with family for a long Thanksgiving weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate. As the incoming president looks ahead, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein made progress on her push to force recounts in three Midwestern battleground states that fueled Trump's stunning victory.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spent the Thanksgiving holiday at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Thursday, dining with his family at the Florida golf club after revisiting a campaign pledge he made about restoring American manufacturing. Trump, known for his use of Twitter to drive political debate, tweeted about an Indiana air conditioner maker he featured in his election campaign as an emblem of trade deals he said were unfavorable to American workers.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Betsy DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist with deep ties to the Christian Reformed community in Michigan, as his education secretary. DeVos is politically known in Michigan for her push for private school voucher programs, a position that has been controversial within public education circles.
President-elect Donald Trump has already stepped back from his campaign pledge to entirely repeal Obamacare, saying he'll keep a couple of the law's popular insurance protections. Soon enough, certain governors in his own party can be expected to argue that it would also be smart to retain the law's most successful component: the expansion of Medicaid.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate investor Wilbur Ross, who became a billionaire by acquiring and restructuring troubled companies, as secretary of commerce, according to a person familiar with the transition planning. Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, is in line to be appointed as Ross's deputy, the person said.