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President-elect Donald Trump has begun preparing for the Oval Office by naming Susie Wiles as his new White House chief of staff.
This comes as the Democratic blame game begins, with ex-speaker Nancy Pelosi appearing to regret that Democrats didn’t have an open primary to select its nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out.
“Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” the former speaker told The New York Times. “The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary.”
The Republicans are expected to retain control of the House, likely handing the GOP a trifecta as they’re set to take back the Senate, possibly handing Trump full control of the levers of power in Washington.
Trump and President Joe Biden both had a trifecta for their first two years in office.
Wiles spearheaded Trump’s successful 2024 campaign and is the first of many appointees who will help to push his agenda, which includes the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, more trade tariffs and extended tax cuts.
‘I know how men talk behind closed doors’: Howard Stern admits America isn’t ready for a female president
The influential radio host, 70, was speaking on his SiriusXM show on Wednesday (November 6), the day after the election.
“I think Kamala was a fine candidate,” said Stern. “She’s a fine woman. The problem I had is that I thought [President] Biden was doing a really good job, actually. But I understand why people said they had to switch.”
UK needs to be ‘critical friend’ to Trump, says Davey
The UK needs to be a “critical friend” to Donald Trump, Sir Ed Davey has said after describing him as a “destructive demagogue” when the US election results came in.
The Lib Dem leader also called for a London summit on Ukraine for European leaders to co-ordinate before Mr Trump takes office and for the Government to deepen trade ties with the EU as potential US tariffs loom.
Sir Ed called Mr Trump a “dangerous, destructive demagogue” this week after US voters returned him to the White House.
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Ditch Brexit trade barriers, Starmer told amid fears over impact of Trump tariffs
Keir Starmer has been warned that he must prioritise attempts to reset Britain’s relationship with the EU and unpick the trade barriers created by leaving if he wants to offset the impact of the tariffs Donald Trump has threatened to impose.
With Mr Trump re-elected to the White House and intending to impose protectionist tariffs to protect sectors of the US economy, there are fears that not only will the policy wipeout the UK’s hopes for economic growth but could see the economy shrinking.
Foreign secretary David Lammy, who has attempted to dismiss any ill feeling he may have created between the Labour government and Trump White House with his historic tweets calling the president-elect a “neo Nazi”, has also warned against US trade tariffs.
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Heir to Levi Strauss fortune accused of ‘buying race’ as he becomes new mayor of San Francisco
San Francisco mayor London Breed struck a civic tone when conceding the race to winner Daniel Lurie, writing on X, “I know we are both committed to improving this City we love.” A few days earlier, however, she made a considerably different point, accusing Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss denim fortune, of buying the election.
“It has been really one of the most sad and horrible things I’ve seen in politics in San Francisco, that someone would take their wealth and just basically buy this office,” Breed reportedly told supporters on election night. “It’s really unfortunate and pretty disgusting.”
ACLU receives letter ‘filled with racist slurs and threats of death and sexual violence’
ACLU Louisiana Executive Director Alanah Odoms has said in a statement that the organization received a racist letter in the mail after Election Day.
This comes amid a litany of reports of racist texts messages being sent to people across the country.
We have been made aware of several Black Louisianans who have received racist and frightening text messages in the time after Election Day.
In the strongest of terms, we condemn these messages and the emboldening of white supremacists in the wake of electing a president who has spread racist lies.
We ourselves received a letter after Election Day filled with racist slurs and threats of death and sexual violence. These messages are meant to intimidate us.
Instead, they prove the importance of our continued fight for racial justice. We will not back down in our fight to end white supremacy.
We will not back down against laws meant to keep us disenfranchised and discouraged. We carry a legacy bigger and bolder than any white nationalist can ever dream of.
Most of all, we are united in this fight. We will not back down.
Texas campus in uproar after protesters hold signs declaring ‘women are property’ on quad after Trump victory
Hours before Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech, two Christian protestors caused disruption on a Texas university campus with signs that branded women “property” and used homophobic slurs.
The incident at Texas State University at San Marcos united students on both sides of the political aisle in anger as the men paraded around for an hour before being escorted off the property.
Eva De Arment, a 19-year-old sophomore, was in the university’s English building waiting for class to start when she saw Snapchat images of the signs, including one that listed “women” and “slaves” alongside cars as “property.”
If Republicans hold the House, Trump wins. If Democrats take the House, Trump still wins
When Donald Trump first came to the White House, he did so under rocky circumstances. Yes, he had beaten Democrats in the Blue Wall of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. But he also lost the popular vote — and Democrats had picked up Senate seats in Illinois and New Hampshire, as well as flipping a few seats in the House.
Michelle Obama already facing calls to run in 2028 – here’s why she never tried before
It hasn’t even been a week since Donald Trump won the election, but politicos are already dreaming about who should run in 2028, and former First Lady Michelle Obama’s name keeps cropping up.
When the Obamas issued their statement on the election results, social media users deluged them with comments calling for the former first lady to run.
Source: independent.co.uk
