{"id":268042,"date":"2016-11-14T05:41:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T05:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=268042"},"modified":"2016-11-14T05:41:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T05:41:06","slug":"trump-makes-two-key-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/trump-makes-two-key-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes two key appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President-elect Donald Trump has awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party official and a conservative media chief.<\/p>\n
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff.<\/p>\n
In this role, he will set the tone for the new White House and act as a conduit to Congress and the government.<\/p>\n
Stephen Bannon, from the conservative Breitbart News Network, will serve as Mr Trump’s chief strategist.<\/p>\n
Mr Bannon stepped aside temporarily as Breitbart’s executive chairman to act as Mr Trump’s campaign chief.<\/p>\n
The Republican candidate defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential vote, in a result which shocked many, who had expected Mrs Clinton to win following favourable opinion polls.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump is due to take over at the White House on 20 January, when Barack Obama steps down after two terms in office.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in the president-elect’s first interview, with US broadcaster CBS, Mr Trump said:<\/p>\n
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He would deport or jail up to three million illegal migrants with criminal links<\/li>\n
Future Supreme Court nominees would be “pro-life” and defend the constitutional right to bear arms<\/li>\n
He will not seek to overturn the legalisation of same-sex marriage<\/li>\n
He will forgo the president’s $400,000 salary, taking $1 a year instead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
‘Truly an honour’<\/strong><\/p>\n
“I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country,” Mr Trump said in a statement released by his campaign.<\/p>\n