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Trump’s transition off to rough start

Donald Trump’s administration is turning out to be the year of the white male.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (L) and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney emerge after their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016.  REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTSSFB6

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s transition from gadfly to leader of the free world got off to an uneven start this week. Although he tapped a succession of prominent conservatives to serve in his administration — as would any typical Republican — his interactions with various world leaders seemed slipshod and haphazard.

The New York Times reported that important leaders resorted to cold-calling Trump to reach him. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both succeeded in getting through this way. When Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull couldn’t find a number, he asked his nation’s US ambassador for help. That envoy got hold of famed Aussie golfer Greg Norman, a Trump pal, who provided Trump’s personal cellphone number, according to BuzzFeed.

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