The Trump Transition: Bumpy or 'So Smooth?'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 17, 2016

The press has been reporting that President-elect Trump's transition, led by Vice President-elect Mike Pence, has been bumpy. Trump disagrees; he tweeted it's going "so smoothly."

Sarah McCammon, NPR political reporter who covers Donald Trump, discusses both sides of how the transition is going.

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