Presidential Transitions Quotes
Trump had an extraordinary sensutuvuty to anything that might seem to diminish his popularity, capability or effectiveness--especially if it nimplied that sny one lese might have ben better at something. While his inaguration was a major event in America with his supporters celebrating his elkection, the crowd was smaller than those of the teo previous inaguartions but nine-the-less very imopressive in size and enthusiasm. Then the nes media reported this fact, Trump publicly accused them oif faking the news. He even took a portion if his speech to ther CIA staff to rail about the size of the crowd. When several news organziations released arial photos of of his and earlier inaguration that clearly showed the contrast, we went on the next day. Many were puzzled as to why he would spend a significant proportion of his publioc and press exposure to this trivisl issue in his firdt days as president. Esperienced political hands gave him very pointed advice like this from the former White House Chief if Staff snd thern mayor of Chicago.
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Jordan had worked on the Carter transition team in 1976. When Carter was later defeated in 1980, it was suggested that Jordan should assist with the transition to the Reagan forces since he had transition experience:
George W. Bush and his White House Staff were of a generation that only thiought of a personal computer as a Word Processing and e-mailing machine. In the 8 years of the Bush Presidency, there were dramatic and dynamic breagthouhs on PCs and digital technology. But they percieved no need for anything more, The younger, much more technoplogically savy Obama and his staff were shocked that the headquarters of the most important leader in the world was so far behind the times in their digital capability, The White House Website that was being used was that developed in teh first Clinton Administration which then was the state of the art. But more than 15 years later, it was ancient and decrepid. The Obama Team leaped into the future with a very sophisticated new website whcih was the backbone of Obama's highly sophisticated digital communications strategy.
He was discussing Nelson Mandela and George Washington both of whom at the height of prestige, popularity and power, stepped down.
Despite the insults and harsh language that Dinald Trump and Barak Obama thre at each other in the Presidential Campaign of 2016, when Trump had narrowly beaten Hillary Clinton, Obama gaciously met with him and gave him advice, which Trimp uncharacteristically, grasciously accepted, In ab interview with Time reporters Obama explained his thinking.
George W. Bush and his White House Staff were of a generation that only thiought of a personal computer as a Word Processing and e-mailing machine. In the 8 years of the Bush Presidency, there were dramatic and dynamic breagthouhs on PCs and digital technology. But they percieved no need for anything more, The younger, much more technoplogically savy Obama and his staff were shocked that the headquarters of the most important leader in the world was so far behind the times in their digital capability, The White House Website that was being used was that developed in teh first Clinton Administration which then was the state of the art. But more than 15 years later, it was ancient and decrepid. The Obama Team leaped into the future with a very sophisticated new website whcih was the backbone of Obama's highly sophisticated digital communications strategy.
This is one of the more candid and honest description of the reality of a new Presidential Administration making the transition from the old administration.
