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'President Trump has put a hard-line trade agenda at the center of his 12-day trip to Asia, which begins here on Sunday. Yet Mr. Trump is leaving his two most senior economic advisers back home, as well as the White House economist whose anti-China views inform much of Mr. Trumps thinking on the subject.
He is also not taking his daughter Ivanka, who accompanied him to a summit meeting in Germany in July and raised eyebrows after she took his empty seat during a session with other world leaders. Her husband, Jared Kushner, a senior adviser who once laid claim to the China portfolio, will return to Washington after the presidents stop in Beijing.
The staffing of any major presidential trip is an exercise in internal politics sometimes byzantine as the White House parcels out coveted seats on Air Force One. But the Trump administrations staffing of this trip is drawing particular scrutiny from those seeking clues about whos up or down, and what message the president is trying to send to allies and adversaries.
In some cases, the administrations staffing decisions have been driven by straightforward domestic politics. White House officials said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Gary D. Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, both needed to stay in Washington to lobby Congress for Mr. Trumps proposed overhaul of the tax code.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/world/asia/trump-asia-trip-advisers.html?
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Also put some money in Moron's pocket.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)"Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has scheduled an interview with White House communications director Hope Hicks, CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett confirms through sources familiar with the process.
News of Hicks' scheduled interview comes amid a flurry of developments for Mueller's team, which is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
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Hicks, a 29-year-old aide who has been with the Trump campaign since its beginning, is traveling to Asia with President Trump and will not likely be available until her return.
One White House official will be interviewed by Muller's team this week." (More)
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)...if one or more of tRump's hoard tries to gain asylum during one of the stops.