The New York Times journalist also said the president-elect's controversial choices are designed to do two things.

CNN’s Jake Tapper speaks with CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman about US President-elect Donald Trump’s series of controversial picks for his upcoming administration.

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden met inside the White House on Wednesday ahead of Trump's second presidential term.

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, longtime political rivals, met on Wednesday for the first time since Trump won back the White House last week and both promised a smooth transfer of power in January.

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Donald Trump has long joked about serving more than two terms as president, and on Wednesday got laughs from Republicans in Congress when he said he probably wasn’t running in 2028 unless they “do something.

"I suspect I won't be running again, unless you say, 'he's so good, we've got to figure something else," the president-elect said.

Donald Trump joked that he could not get Elon Musk "out of here" during a speech at a black-tie event in Mar-a-Lago. In his first major speaking event since the president-elect's election victory, Trump praised the "high IQ" of the tech entrepreneur and owner of X,

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big ambitions for making the federal government leaner and more efficient by reviewing its budget and operations from top to bottom.