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Canada - U.S. Relations - Key US Players


By their words ye shall know them

From the Economist - The Trump Era - November 12, 2016.

"We are deeply sceptical that he will make a good president - because of his policies, his temperament and the demands of political office."

    

Proto Executive Branch

  President Elect of the United States, Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump
  
  President Elect Trump Website
  
  Twitter: @transition2017
  
  Twitter: @TeamTrump
  
  Facebook: Donald Trump Posts
  
  What Trump did Today
  
  Reuters: The U.S. president-elect is filling out cabinet and key positions in the lead up to his inauguration.(January 9, 2017)
  
  Vice President Elect of the United States, Mike Pence @mike_pence
  
  Melania Trump (Wife) @MELANIATRUMP
  
  Ivanka Trump (daughter) @IvankaTrump
  
  Eric Trump (son) @EricTrump
  
  Secretary of State nomination - Rex Tillerson Twitter #Rex Tillerson Department website: state.gov
  
  Department of Labor nomination - Andy Puzder nomination @AndyPuzder Department website: dol.gov
  
  Department of the Treasury - Department website: treasury.gov">
  
  Defense Secretary -James Mattis, retired Marine general nominated @GenMattisKCHS16 Department website: defense.gov
  
  Attorney General - Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions Department of Justice website: usdoj.gov


  
  Steve Mnuchin nominee for the post of Treasury Secretary
  
  Conservative Republican Mike Pompeo nominated as CIA director
  
  Betsy DeVos picked for Trump's education secretary @BetsyDeVos
  
  Retired Lt. General Micheal Flynn nominated national security adviser @GenFlynn
  
  BBC: Trump names Obamacare critic Tom Price to key role @RepTomPrice
  
  BBC: Trump election: Jeff Sessions picked for top law job
  
  Jared Kushner (Son in Law) @jaredkushner
  
   White House chief strategist and senior counselor - Stephen Bannon (Writer, Director, Producer, Radio Host BREITBART NEWS SUNDAY) @StephenBannon
  
  White House Chief of Staff - Day to Day Operations- Reince Priebus (Chairman, Republican National Committee) @Reince
  
  Jason Miller, communications director for the Trump transition @JasonMillerinDC
  
  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) @newtgingrich
  
  Former Congressman from Savannah, GA and Trump advisor @JackKingston
  
  Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn @GenFlynn
  
  WalidPhares - foreign policy adviser to the campaign @WalidPhares
  

Transition Team

  Mike Pence Presidential Transition Team Chair @mike_pence
  
  Vice Chair, Dr. Ben Carson @RealBenCarson
  
  Vice Chair, Chris Christie (Shunted aside)Per BBC: Mr Christie was New Jersey attorney general when Mr Kushner's father was tried and jailed in the state for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering in 2004
  
  Vice Chair, Micheal Flynn @GenFlynn
  
  Vice Chair, Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich
  
  Vice Chair, Rudy Giuliani @MayorRGiuliani
  
  Vice Chair, Jeff Sessions @SenatorSessions
  
  Transition director, Rick Dearborn (Jeff Sessions' chief of staff )
  
  Immigration, Kris W. Kobach @KrisKobach1787h
  
  Senior Adviser to the transition, Kellyanne Conway @KellyannePolls
  
  David Malpass - economic transition team #David Malpass
  
  Anthony Scaramucci - economic transition team @Scaramucci
  
  Rebekah Mercer - transition team Twitter: #Rebekah Mercer
  
  Judy Shelton - Economic advisory transition team @judyshel
  
  NPR: From Lobbyists To Loyalists, See Who's On Donald Trump's Transition Team (November 16, 2016)
  
  NYT: Tears a stripe off Jeff Sessions: Specter of Race Shadows Jeff Sessions, Potential Trump Nominee for Cabinet (November 16, 2016)
  
  BBC: Donald Trump denies transition disarray after sackings (November 16, 2016)
  
  Former Congressman and House intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers, who was handling national security for the transition, announced on Tuesday that he was leaving (November 16, 2016)
  
  Matthew Freedman, who was handling national security for the transition sacked (a protege of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort)(November 16, 2016)Twitter Reports on Freedman - Trump
  
  Former Congressman and House intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers, who was handling national security for the transition, announced on Tuesday that he was leaving (November 16, 2016)
  
  Ken Blackwell - transition team @kenblackwell
  
  CBC: Donald Trump and his potential conflicts of interest (November 15, 2016)
  
  The Hill: Trump’s Cabinet: How it is shaping up (November 15, 2016)
  
  BBC: Trump election: Priebus and Bannon given key roles (November 13, 2016)
  
  WSJ: RNC Chair Reince Priebus Is Named Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff (November 13, 2016)
  
  Trump advisers steamroll Christie’s transition (November 15, 2016)
  
  Transition team preparing Trump administration includes Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner, prominent pro-Israel figures (November 13, 2016)
  
  WP: President-elect Donald Trump is about to learn the nation’s ‘deep secrets’ (November 13, 2016)
  
  Memo: PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP ANNOUNCES SENIOR WHITE HOUSE LEADERSHIP TEAM (November 13, 2016)
  
  CNN: Trump loyalists in contention for national security jobs (November 13, 2016)
  
  Politico Magazine: Donald Trump is the biggest unknown ever to take control of the White House. What’s the worst-case scenario? The best? (November 12, 2016)
  
  The Trump Whisperers: The 20 family members and insiders who have the ear of the president-elect (November 11, 2016)
  
  WSJ: Donald Trump Shuffles Transition Team (November 11, 2016)
  
  WSJ: Donald Trump Transition Team Planning First Months in Office (November 10, 2016)
  
  Bloomberg: Trump Adviser Takes Aim at Conservatives’ Budgetary Restraint (November 10, 2016)
  
  Myron Ebell Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition
  

Congressional

  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell @SenateMajLdr
  
  DONALD TRUMP ENTERS MITCH MCCONNELL’S WASHINGTON (November 11, 2016)
  
  U.S. Senator John Thune, South Dakota. Chairman of @SenateGOP & @SenateCommerce@SenJohnThune
  
  Senate Republicans@SenateGOP
  
  Office of the 54th Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan @SpeakerRyan
  
  Chris Collins, Congressional Liaison to @realDonaldTrump Transition Team @RepChrisCollins
  
  Republicans Again Choose Paul Ryan as House Speaker (November 15, 2016)
  
  U.S. (R) Senator Orrin "Canada is stupid" Hatch, Senate Finance Committee Chair @SenOrrinHatch
  
  U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair
  
  U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
  
  U.S. Senate Committee Chair John McCain @SenJohnMcCain
  
  Lindsay Graham @LindseyGrahamSC
  
  Incoming Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer @LindseyGrahamSC
  
  U.S. Senate Energy Committee
  
  U.S. Senate Committee Chair, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs @SenRonJohnson
  
  Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  
  US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources@EnergyGOP
  
  Senator Cantwell@SenatorCantwell
  
  VideoUS Senator Richard Black (R) from Virginia (President Trump likes Putin) @SenRichardBlack
  
  Scott Walker - new chairman of the Republican Governors Association @ScottWalker
  
  House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology @HouseScience
  
  Congressional Record
  
  Congress Gov Twitter: @congressdotgov
  

The figures below will leave and be replaced after January 20, 2017.

  President of the United States, Barack Obama @BarackObama
  
  Office of First Lady Michelle Obama @FLOTUS
  
  Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden @JoeBiden
  
  The US Cabinet In order of succession to the Presidency
  
  Ambassador Heyman @BruceAHeyman
  
  Embassy of the United States Ottawa, @usembassyottawa
  
  U.S. Department of State - Secretary Kerry @JohnKerry
  
  Heather Higginbottom @hhigginbottom
  
  Roberta S. Jacobson - Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. State Department @WHAAsstSecty
  
  U.S. climate envoy Jonathan Pershing @BeardofPershing
  
  Brian Deese - Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor - climate, conservation, energy @Deese44
  
  Antony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor @ABlinken
  
  Brian Deese @DeeseOMB
  
  Denis McDonough - White House Chief of Staff @Denis44
  
  National Security Council (NSC)
  
  National Security Council (NSC) @NSC44
  
  National Security Council (NSC) @MarkFeierstein
  
  United States Trade Representative @USTradeRep
  
  Ernest Moniz, US Energy Secretary @USErnestMoniz
  

Others

  US Environmental Lobby that wants to shut down the Canadian fossil fuel industry - and turn Canada into a US National park
  
  AMCHAMPacificChapter @AMCHAMPacific
  
  Center for American Progress@amprog
  
  John D. Podesta, Hillary Clintons campaign chair & @johnpodestal
  
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