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.