Trump Goes to Washington: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today:
1. Using back-entrance, Trump enters the White House
“Donald Trump met with Barack Obama for 90 minutes today, using the White House’s South Lawn entrance to avoid photographers and the president’s staff. The two pledged to work together to ensure a smooth transition, though in a sign of the lingering tension “the White House did not arrange for the traditional photo-op between the current first couple and the incoming one.” – Washington Post
2. Ottawa offers to renegotiate NAFTA
“Justin Trudeau is willing to renegotiate NAFTA, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. said in a conference call with reporters. Trudeau and the president-elect, who campaigned vigorously on tearing up the trade deal, spoke on the phone last night. “The immediate effort to curry favour with the president-elect less than 24 hours after the U.S. vote is a significant move to develop a co-operative relationship with a leader who is Mr. Trudeau’s political opposite.” – Globe and Mail
3. With Trump’s election, it’s boom time for Washington lobbyists
Donald Trump, who famously pledged to drain the swamp in Washington, seems poised to bring a new era of prosperity for Washington lobbyists, some of whom have been so busy they have are losing their voices. Trump will bring a small and relatively inexperienced staff to the White House, which, coupled with the Republican-controlled Congress, has many lobbyists licking their lips, Eric Lipton is reporting. – New York Times
+1: Should Democrats work with Trump or obstruct? – BuzzFeed News
+1: Leaders in Silicon Valley are making plans for California to secede. – Fusion
4. The forces that drove this election’s media failure are likely to get worse
“Segregated social universes, an industry moving from red states to the coasts, and mass media’s revenue decline: The disconnect between two realities shows no sign of abating.” – Nieman Lab
+1: How much is Facebook to blame? – Gizmodo
5. You probably shouldn’t be worried about this colony of herpes-infested monkeys in Florida
“Still, there’s a colony of herpes-infected monkeys in Florida.” – Atlas Obscura
