Presidential transition of Donald Trump

Barack ObamaBarack Obama issued a statement regarding Kamala Harris’ defeat of Donald Trump at US election on Tuesday (5/11), citing a host of economic circumstances as responsible for the result.

Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence 's Indiana residence last week, his lawyer says, the latest in a string of recoveries of papers meant to be treated with utmost sensitivity from the homes of current and former top U.S. officials.

The US president's daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump used a personal email account for government business in violation of federal records rules, The Washington Post reported Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is visiting Iraq with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an official said on March 2.
                   

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sought on Feb. 18 to assure Europe that the United States will back NATO even as it looks for new ways to cooperate with Russia at the Munich Security Conference, but was greeted by muted applause by European allies unnerved by U.S. President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned late on Feb. 13 after revelations that he had discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador to the United States before Trump took office and misled Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will become a senior White House adviser working on trade and the Middle East, transition officials said on Jan. 9, in a rare case of a close presidential family member taking a major job. 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has reacted after the administration of outgoing President Barack Obama introduced sanctions against Russia.

Trump said it was time for his country to "move on," and announced a meeting with heads of intelligence services that he in the past criticized.

Since his shock victory last month, Donald Trump has been trying very hard to bypass the daily intelligence briefings that are intrinsic to the daily schedules of U.S. Presidents.

According to recent reports, the president-elect has stated that he is too smart to be given daily briefings, and that is why he has confined them to one briefing per week and once on Sundays.