Here’s what we’re watching in transition world today:
🗓️ What we’re watching
President-elect Donald Trump spent much of his Christmas posting to Truth Social, going on about China, “Radical Left Lunatics,” the Panama Canal and Canada.
After rallying behind Trump’s promise to deliver more water to the Central Valley, California’s agricultural barons are nervously parsing Trump’s rhetoric on immigration and deportations.
Billionaire Elon Musk, a top Trump adviser, embodies the Silicon Valley ethos of “move fast and break things,” and that could cause problems in Washington.
👀 What’s Trump up to?
Trump’s family business has been busy selling Christmas merch like $92 MAGA hat ornaments, Advent calendars, candy cane socks and other gifts, the Washington Post reports.
📝ICYMI: Here are Trump’s latest administration picks
Trump announced his pick for ambassador to Panama, Miami-Dade Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera, on Truth Social Wednesday. The announcement comes as Trump has been threatening to retake the Panama Canal in recent days.
On Tuesday, Trump tapped John Arrigo as ambassador to Portugal and Somers Farkas as ambassador to Malta.
FYI, this is our running list of his Cabinet picks.
