President-elect Donald Trump was greeted with a standing ovation from Home Republicans at his first cease again in Washington on Wednesday.
“It is good to win,” Trump stated as he took the stage on the convention’s inner assembly on the Hyatt Regency close to the Capitol.
Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews for the primary time since leaving workplace in January 2021 flanked by billionaire Elon Musk, an indication of a number of the new faces that will dominate Trump’s orbit in his second time period. Musk was within the viewers listening as Trump addressed the GOP convention.
Forward of the president-elect’s arrival, Home Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated him because the “comeback king.”
Trump smiled and shook Johnson’s hand and different high GOP brass on stage, together with Rep. Elise Stefanik, who has been named as Trump’s U.S ambassador to the United Nations.
President-elect Donald Trump meets with Home Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 13, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks as he arrives for a gathering with the Home GOP convention, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.
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The assembly comes as Republicans inch nearer to a majority within the Home. Whereas ABC Information has not but projected which social gathering will management the chamber, Republicans are two seats away from the edge with a dozen races nonetheless undecided.
Home Republicans took an early victory lap as they got here again to city Tuesday for the lame-duck session, saying they’re ready to enact Trump’s agenda on Day 1 of his administration come January.
“I simply need to thank all people,” Trump advised the room. “You have been unbelievable. We labored with a variety of you to get you in, and also you helped me, and also you helped me too.”
Because the press was being escorted out of the room, Trump joked to lawmakers: “I think I will not be working once more except you do one thing else, except you say he is so good we have to determine one thing out.”
Tesla CEO and X proprietor Elon Musk sits with Kelly Johnson, spouse of Home Speaker Mike Johnson as he listens as President-elect Donald Trump meets with Home Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 13, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump arrives previous to assembly with President Joe Biden and members of Congress in Washington, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Nov. 13, 2024.
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The pleasant environment got here forward of Trump’s sit-down with President Joe Biden within the Oval Workplace, a return of a White Home custom that Trump flouted in 2020.
That is Trump’s first public look since his speech within the early hours after Election Day. He’s since huddled at Mar-a-Lago, the place he’s been rolling out picks for Cupboard roles and different administration positions.
Musk has been weighing in on the selections, ABC Information beforehand reported.
On Tuesday, Trump introduced Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would lead a what he is calling a brand new “Division of Authorities Effectivity” to supply outdoors steerage on reforming federal businesses and slicing authorities “waste.”
