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Trump Resists Leaving Trump Tower

December 9, 2016 at 7:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “The president-elect’s transition work continues to hum at Trump Tower, with most personnel decisions being made from New York, while the landing teams put together in the weeks before his campaign victory work hundreds of miles away in Washington. Mr. Trump has resisted efforts by his chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to move the transition work to Washington, given how many people are traveling north every week.”

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