Agencies, Fayetteville :
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has made it a priority for his administration to ensure a smooth transition for his successor, the White House has said four days ahead of the general elections.
“We have indicated a priority that President Obama has placed on ensuring a smooth transition to the next President regardless of who that person is,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters while travelling with Obama to Fayetteville on Friday.
President Obama addressed an election rally seeking support for his former Cabinet colleague and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The transition teams of both the Hillary and Donald campaigns are already in place and have their headquarters in Washington DC.
After November 8 one of them would be closed, while that the winner would be expanded and would start coordinating with the White House and other wings of the government to ensure a smooth transition.
“Our transition team has been able to work effectively with those individuals appointed by Trump to ensure that his team is able to effectively plan in the same way that Secretary Clinton’s team has. We expect that that planning will continue up to and through Election Day,” Mr Earnest said.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama defended a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the crowd at a Democratic rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina began yelling at him when he stood up with a pro-Trump sign.
Obama repeatedly told the crowd to “hold up” as Hillary Clinton’s supporters started booing a man who stood up with the sign supporting the Republican presidential nominee.
The man, dressed in a military uniform, stood in the aisle of the arena stands and just held up his sign, which was one of the usual sizes. He didn’t say anything.
“No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hey, hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up, hold up, hold up!,” said President Obama as the audience did not listen to him.
“Hillary! Hillary! Hillary” they kept yelling. “Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, listen up! Hey, everybody! Everybody! Hey! Hey! Listen up! Hey! I told you to be focused, and you’re not focused right now! Listen to what I’m saying,” President Obama said as he appeared to be frustrated.
“Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Everybody sit down and be quiet for a second. Everybody sit down and be quiet for a second. Now, listen up! I’m serious, listen up.
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has made it a priority for his administration to ensure a smooth transition for his successor, the White House has said four days ahead of the general elections.
“We have indicated a priority that President Obama has placed on ensuring a smooth transition to the next President regardless of who that person is,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters while travelling with Obama to Fayetteville on Friday.
President Obama addressed an election rally seeking support for his former Cabinet colleague and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The transition teams of both the Hillary and Donald campaigns are already in place and have their headquarters in Washington DC.
After November 8 one of them would be closed, while that the winner would be expanded and would start coordinating with the White House and other wings of the government to ensure a smooth transition.
“Our transition team has been able to work effectively with those individuals appointed by Trump to ensure that his team is able to effectively plan in the same way that Secretary Clinton’s team has. We expect that that planning will continue up to and through Election Day,” Mr Earnest said.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama defended a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the crowd at a Democratic rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina began yelling at him when he stood up with a pro-Trump sign.
Obama repeatedly told the crowd to “hold up” as Hillary Clinton’s supporters started booing a man who stood up with the sign supporting the Republican presidential nominee.
The man, dressed in a military uniform, stood in the aisle of the arena stands and just held up his sign, which was one of the usual sizes. He didn’t say anything.
“No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hey, hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up, hold up, hold up!,” said President Obama as the audience did not listen to him.
“Hillary! Hillary! Hillary” they kept yelling. “Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, listen up! Hey, everybody! Everybody! Hey! Hey! Listen up! Hey! I told you to be focused, and you’re not focused right now! Listen to what I’m saying,” President Obama said as he appeared to be frustrated.
“Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Everybody sit down and be quiet for a second. Everybody sit down and be quiet for a second. Now, listen up! I’m serious, listen up.
