Trump transition live: President-elect continues to pick the best team as Biden heads to Peru

Trump continues to select a top team for the second administrationpublished at 07:09 Greenwich Mean Time

Rorey Bosotti
Live page editor

Center shot of Donald Trump on stage, cut off below the shoulders. He wears a dark blue suit, white shirt and red tie, with an American flag pin on the left label. Two faint American flags can be seen in the background

Good morning and welcome as we continue to discuss the progress of the transition of newly-elected President Donald Trump back to the White House.

Trump is back in Florida today, working at his Mar-a-Lago resort to select candidates fill the top positions in his cabinet.

Trump has already tapped some of his most loyal supporters for leadership roles, including Senator Trump Marco Rubioformer representative of Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard
and ex-Florida Rep Matt Gaetz.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is expected to do the same meet the Chinese presidentXi Jinping as they both attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders’ Summit in Peru.

The meeting takes place just weeks before Trump is to be inaugurated.

The president-elect won the US election on a platform that promised steep import taxes, including tariffs of up to 60% on Chinese-made goods.

Stay with us as we bring you the latest on the new Trump Cabinet and Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping.