Donald Trump on Tuesday appointed several of his close advisers to the boards of directors of public institutions, a sign that he is preparing his departure well despite his stubborn refusal to acknowledge his defeat.
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The outgoing president, who is due to hand over the keys of the White House to his successor Joe Biden on January 20, has notably placed his former ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who is also one of his most fervent defenders in the media, at the Board of Trustees of the Holocaust Memorial in Washington.
His very close advisor Hope Hicks, who already worked for the Trump Organization before joining the first presidential campaign of the New York billionaire in 2015 when she was only 26 years old, will join the board of directors of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship. , a prestigious scholarship program for foreign students in the United States and American students abroad.
As for the very discreet former spokesperson for the White House Stephanie Grisham, she joins the National Council for Educational Sciences, an advisory body.
According to a press release announcing more than 40 nominations, which adds to similar ones in recent weeks, Donald Trump has also placed Pam Bondi on the board of directors of the prestigious John F. Kennedy arts center in Washington.
The former Florida attorney general had been part of the legal team tasked with defending the president during his impeachment trial in the Senate and more recently joined the one who fought her legal battle against the election of Joe Biden.
Despite the failure of almost all of his legal remedies, the certification of the results in each state and their validation by the electorate, the outgoing Republican president continues to claim, without the slightest proof, that he won the November ballot. .
Speculation is rife on his steps - doomed to failure according to virtually all observers - to invalidate the verdict of the ballot box.
He was not clear on whether he would attend the Democratic President-elect's inauguration ceremony on Jan.20, but did indicate he would leave the White House when his term ended.