WASHINGTON —
In a little more than two months, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. One of Trump’s key challenges will be balancing the demands from his supporters that he deliver on his numerous campaign promises, while at the same time taking steps to heal the nation in the wake of the divisive and, at times, nasty presidential campaign.
Trump is now immersed in forming a new government, ticking off the various boxes of putting together a Cabinet and making thousands of appointments to the senior ranks of the federal government.
Following his victory in the early morning hours of November 9, Trump did sound a note of conciliation in his first remarks as president-elect. “I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.”