Michael Richard Pence is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump during the first administration. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017,and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013.
Jared Corey Kushner is an American businessman,investor,and former government official. He is the son-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump through his marriage to Ivanka Trump,and served as a senior advisor to Trump from 2017 to 2021. He was also Director of the Office of American Innovation.
Paul Scott Teller is the executive director of Advancing American Freedom in Washington DC,Mike Pence's advocacy organization. Teller previously served under President Donald Trump as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs,as well Director of Strategic Affairs for Vice President Mike Pence. Earlier,Teller had been chief of staff for Texas Senator Ted Cruz and executive director of the United States House of Representatives Republican Study Committee.
The National Space Council is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States created in 1989 during the George H. W. Bush administration,disbanded in 1993,and reestablished in June 2017 by the Donald Trump administration. It is a modified version of the earlier National Aeronautics and Space Council (1958–1973).
The chief of staff to the vice president of the United States is the chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President,part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The chief of staff has been responsible for overseeing the actions of the vice president's staff,managing the vice president's schedule,and deciding who is allowed to meet with the vice president.
Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. White House senior advisors are senior members of the White House Office. The title has been formally used since 1993.
Gordon David Sondland is an American businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Provenance Hotels. Sondland is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 to 2020. In November 2019,he testified as a witness at the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. After refusing to resign,Sondland was fired by Trump on February 7,2020,two days after the conclusion of Trump's impeachment trial.
The first presidential transition of Donald Trump began when he won the United States presidential election on November 8,2016,and became the president-elect. Trump was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 19,2016. The transition was formerly led by Chris Christie until he and a number of his supporters were replaced or demoted on November 11. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 6,2017,and the transition ended when Trump was inaugurated on January 20,2017.
Joshua Matthew Pitcock is an American political operative who served as chief of staff to Mike Pence,the Vice President of the United States,from January 2017 to July 2017. Pitcock has also been Assistant to the President. He was a member of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential transition team.
James W. Carroll Jr. is an American attorney and government appointee,who served as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Trump Administration from February 9,2018 until January 20,2021.
Alyssa Farah Griffin is an American political strategist and television personality. She was the White House director of strategic communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump. In addition to appearing on CNN as a commentator,she is a co-host of the talk show The View,for which she received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award.
Katie Rose Miller is an American political advisor who served as the communications director for the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence from 2020 to 2021. She was previously his press secretary from 2019 to 2020. From 2017 to 2019,she served as a deputy press secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.
The core White House staff appointments,and most Executive Office of the President officials generally,are not required to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate,with a handful of exceptions. There are about 4,000 positions in the Executive Office of the President.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2020,from January 1 to March 31,2020. To navigate quarters,see timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.
The 2020 Oval Office address,officially titled On the Coronavirus Pandemic,was the second televised,prime-time Oval Office address during the presidency of Donald Trump,delivered on March 11,2020 at 9:01PM EDT. It was released during the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 stock market crash.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force was the United States Department of State task force during the Trump administration. The goal of the Task Force was to coordinate and oversee the administration's efforts to monitor,prevent,contain,and mitigate the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Also referred to as the President's Coronavirus Task Force,it was established on January 29,2020,with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar as chair. On February 26,2020,U.S. vice president Mike Pence was named to chair the task force,and Deborah Birx was named the response coordinator.
President Donald Trump's administration communicated in various ways during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States,including via social media,interviews,and press conferences with the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Opinion polling conducted in mid-April 2020 indicated that less than half of Americans trusted health information provided by Trump and that they were more inclined to trust local government officials,state government officials,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci.
Olivia Troye is an American national security official who worked on national security and homeland security issues at the National Counterterrorism Center,the United States Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence,and the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
The following is a timeline of the first presidency of Donald Trump during the fourth and last quarter of 2020 from October 1 to December 31,2020 and the first 20 days of 2021 from January 1 to 20,2021,when Trump left office and succeeded by Joe Biden. To navigate quarters,see timeline of the Donald Trump presidency.
The White House COVID-19 outbreak was a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections that began in September 2020 and ended in January 2021 that spread among people,including many U.S. government officials,who were in close contact during the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington,D.C. Numerous high-profile individuals were infected,including then President Donald Trump,who was hospitalized for three days. At least 48 White House staff members or associates,closely working with White House personnel,tested positive for the virus. The White House resisted efforts to engage in contact tracing,leaving it unclear how many people were infected in total and what the origins of the spread were.
