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From the New York Post: President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles sent a message Sunday ordering nominees to refrain from any posting on social media as Senate confirmation hearings are scheduled to start next week.
“While this instruction has been delivered previously, I am reiterating that no member of the incoming administration or Transition speaks for the United States or the President-elect himself,” Wiles wrote in a memo obtained by The Post.
“Accordingly, all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White House counsel,” she said in the Dec. 29 missive.
The first-ever female chief of staff, nicknamed the “Ice Maiden,” also noted that she appreciates “how enthusiastic everyone is” about joining the second Trump term in her otherwise frank directive.
The order from Wiles comes just days after a huge ruckus broke out on social media involving Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy over H-1B visas that has created outrage from some staunch Trump supporters.
However, a Trump transition team member said Wiles’ order has nothing to do with the H-1B visa battle.
The Post notes that DOGE is not an official government entity, so Musk and Ramaswamy do not need senate confirmation for their roles.
🚨 NEW: All of Trump’s nominees must stop posting on social media ahead of the Senate confirmation hearings, incoming Chief of Staff Susie Wiles ordered – NYP pic.twitter.com/Rrmx42dy0x
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