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President-elect Trump’s Chief of Staff told incoming administration officials to refrain from posting on social media without approval.
In a message to nominees and staff members, Chief Susie Wiles wrote, “I am reiterating that no member of the incoming administration or Transition speaks for the United States or the President-elect himself.”
“Accordingly, all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White House counsel,” Wiles told staff.
The New York Post obtained the directive and reported that Wiles told everyone she appreciates how enthusiastic they are. A transition source told the Post that the memo was not a response to a recent controversy involving Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy regarding H-1B visas.
The incoming co-chairs of the Department of Government Efficiency said the American workforce does not have enough qualified workers to fill high-skill technical positions, forcing companies to bring in workers from other countries.
Musk said the US needs more than 300,000 engineers immediately to boost America’s semiconductor industry.
He added, “The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low.”
Ramaswamy said it was a problem with American culture that celebrates the jock over the valedictorian.
He posted on X, ‘Normalcy’ doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.”
The transition source told The Post that the memo -“was a reminder of the guidance to intended nominees as confirmation hearings get underway next week.” Some of Trump’s cabinet nominees are expected to have challenging confirmation hearings due to their past statements and actions.
That includes Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Kash Patel for FBI Director.
