Chief butler
Timothy Harleth
will welcome the new American President
Joe Biden
and First Lady
Jill
to the White House tomorrow
.
This is, reports CNN, one of Trump's many rudes, who has decided to ignore all the rituals of handover, an American tradition so far served to underline the fair play between the outgoing and incoming presidencies.
The outgoing president will fly early in the morning with Melania to Mar-a-Lago with Air Force One, without first welcoming the successor to the White House and without participating in the swearing-in ceremony.
Joe Biden has chosen
Rachel Levine
as Assistant Secretary of Health
, who could become the first openly transgender federal government executive to be confirmed by the Senate.
This was announced by the staff of the elected president.
Pediatrician and former primary care physician, Levine is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, appointed by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf in 2017 and confirmed by the state, Republican-controlled Senate.
End of separate rooms in the White House.
The Bidens, unlike the Trumps, will share the same bedroom, CNN reports.
One detail, among many, which highlights the difference between the two couples.
In any case, one of the priorities of the quick move is the change of bed bases and mattresses.
Melania had chosen a large suite used by many presidential couples, near the West sitting hall, while her husband slept in a room used as a study by his predecessors.
According to an SSrs survey conducted for CNN, the majority of Americans, 66%, approve of how Joe Biden managed the transition, but 53% say they are skeptical about the possibility that the new US president could facilitate the overcoming of divisions in the country. .
