Trump Plans Series of Executive Orders for Day 1, Susie Wiles Tells Donors

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Ms. Wiles, the next White House chief of staff, said Donald Trump would move quickly to reinstate orders from his first term that President Biden had revoked, though she did not specify which ones.

Susie Wiles, the next White House chief of staff, privately told a group of Republican donors on Monday that President-elect Donald J. Trump would move on his first day in office to reinstate several executive orders from Mr. Trump’s first term that President Biden had revoked, according to two people in the room who insisted on anonymity to describe the closed-door remarks.

The comments by Ms. Wiles, a Florida political strategist who oversaw Mr. Trump’s winning campaign, were some of her first since he chose her last week as his chief of staff. She was speaking and answering questions in Las Vegas at a private, biannual meeting of the Rockbridge Network, a group of conservative donors that was co-founded by Vice President-elect JD Vance and that has strong representation from the tech industry.

It is common for presidents to immediately issue a series of executive orders upon taking office, and Ms. Wiles did not specify which orders from Mr. Trump’s first term would be reinstated. Some of the actions that Mr. Biden revoked included Mr. Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization; his ban on entry to the country from several predominantly Muslim nations; and his exit from the Paris climate accord.

Ms. Wiles emphasized to the group that the window for Mr. Trump to revolutionize government was more like two years, rather than four. So being prepared on Day 1, she said, was critical. It appeared to be an acknowledgment that most presidents face a difficult midterm election cycle after two years in office.

Transitions are both long and short at the same time, Ms. Wiles said, according to one of the people in the room.

Ms. Wiles was the headliner of the three-day Rockbridge conference. She appeared on Monday before a few hundred donors on a panel alongside some other top Trump campaign aides, including Chris LaCivita, the campaign’s co-manager; Meredith O’Rourke, its fund-raising director; and Tony Fabrizio, the campaign’s top pollster. Other speakers were expected to include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump Jr. and the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, according to a copy of the agenda seen by The New York Times.

Ms. Wiles and fellow aides also regaled some donors with stories from the campaign trail. At one point, she was asked how the campaign had responded to the first assassination attempt against Mr. Trump.She told the crowd that the campaign had frequently been targetedby hackers and had encountered threats regarding Mr. Trump’s plane.

Ms. Wiles said Mr. Trump had been more willing to present a softer, relaxed public image than during his previous campaigns, sharing photos of him playing golf or with his grandchildren, according to the other person in the room.

The gathering of the Rockbridge Network in Las Vegas was brimming with top Trump aides and donors. The group is likely to emerge as a major power center in Republican politics now that Mr. Vance will occupy the vice presidency.

Representatives forMr. Trumpdid not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Leave it to the NYTs to call him Mr. Trump, instead of "President Elect Trump)

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EXCLUSIVE: As private citizen, Dr. Fauci received $15 million taxpayer-funded security detail

Open the Books uncovers unprecedented agreement with U.S. Marshals.

OPENTHEBOOKS AND JORDAN SCHACHTEL NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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For the past two years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has received $15,000,000 in taxpayer-funded security services – despite having returned to private citizenship. Open the Books ••discovered the arrangement within a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Marshals service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)== via a Freedom of Information Act request.

Up until at least late September, this agreement between the two government agencies has left the =•American taxpayer on the hook for the costs attached to Dr. Fauci’s lifestyle, which included a publicly-funded chauffeur and a fully staffed U.S. Marshals security detail==. The $15 million does not include the costs associated with his personal security from April 2020 to December 2022, which was handled by the same parties  while he was still serving in government.

Fauci’s security has been a topic of discussion on cable news and in the halls of Congress, but until now, the details of the secret agreement had not been made public.

According to the MOU, protection was available from January 4, 2023-September 20, 2024. The $15 million covers in part:  

• Salaries and benefits for deputies and administrative personnel assigned to Fauci’s protective detail 

• Costs related to transporting Fauci 

• Law enforcement equipment 

The MOU states that the contract could be extended, and it is unknown if it has been. (Oh Hell No, he should be locked up!)  We asked the Marshals Service for clarification, and they did not get back to us within our deadline. We will provide an update if they respond.

The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), who retiredin December of 2022,was one of the most influential figures in America(Mass Murderer) and throughout the world during the coronavirus era. Nearly ubiquitous on cable and broadcast news, Fauci became the face of America’s pandemic response. 

His supporters often spoke of him as a man ofuncontested knowledge, consistently labeling him the world’s foremost “public health expert.” 

But his detractors recall a government official who led the fight to implement years-long draconian restrictions upon the American people, which devastated the fabric of U.S. society, greatly harmed the economy and caused all kinds of additional negative repercussions – including widespread learning loss among America’s youth.

Fauci was never shy to advocate for lockdowns, social distancing, school closures, business closures, mask mandates, and vaccine passports from his powerful federal perch during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

From 2019 to 2022 he was the highest paid federal employee, and he received lucrative cash prizesfrom domestic and international organization that sought to position themselves closely with the man who controlled the distribution of billions of dollars in grantmaking funds. Fauci retired from the federal bureaucracy with a record $480,654 salary. In 2022 Open the Booksestimated his pension would be about $355,000 per year, adding to the considerable fortune of $11 million amassed over his 54 years of government service. The President of the United States makes $400,000 per year. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made $312,200 in 2023. (They obviously haven't found his hidden bank account, it's probably more like $300 million.)

https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/exclusive-as-private-citizen-dr-fauci