President-elect Donald Trump gave his first press conference since being elected the 45th President of the United States on Wednesday.
Vice President-elect opened up the press conference by damning the mainstream media for what he called "fake news" in recent days.
Vice President-elect @mike_pence slams recent @realDonaldTrump report calling it “irresponsible” & says citizens are tired of media bias. pic.twitter.com/fbSh8nYwnV
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Trump began by echoing what Pence said, and also announcing big news in American manufacturing. "Fiat-Chrysler... Big, big factory going to be built in this country as opposed to another country," he said.
.@realDonaldTrump: "I hope that General Motors will be following and I think they will be." pic.twitter.com/842awMYJQi
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Trump announced that David Shulkin, the current Under Secretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will head the VA.
.@realDonaldTrump: "Speaking of veterans, I appointed today... David Shulkin" to head the VA. pic.twitter.com/bPxhoFRZM3
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Regarding Russian hacking, Trump said that he thinks Russia hacked the election process along with other countries. But he blamed the DNC for allowing themselves to be hacked.
.@realDonaldTrump: "The Democratic National Committee was totally open to be hacked. They did a very poor job." pic.twitter.com/uufuYOPLW2
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An attorney representing Trump's transition announced that he will resign from all duties and investments and relinquish all assets to his sons Donald and Eric.
Trump says over the weekend he was offered $2B to do a deal in Dubai: “I turned it down” https://t.co/wFEX2hnRDm https://t.co/2tzNeFC2Nj
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Sheri Dillon: "[@realDonaldTrump] has relinquished leadership and management of the Trump Organization to his sons...&...Allen Weisselberg." pic.twitter.com/9jOe4uTmFw
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The attorney also announced that the Trump Organization has hired a ethics advisor to oversee any problematic issues involving the federal government.
As regards to Obamacare, Trump said that he could have let the program fall flat in 2017 and use the failure as an example, but instead he will continue with he repeal and replace plan.
.@realDonaldTrump: "We are doing the Democrats a great service" by repealing and replacing ObamaCare. pic.twitter.com/NQqtiIcwZ4
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Trump was confronted with an angry reporter who was quickly admonished by the rest of the press. Trump called the news organization "fake news."
.@realDonaldTrump to reporter: "YOU are fake news." pic.twitter.com/6nasXm99TK
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Trump later concluded the informative press conference and wished his family the best with the Trump Organization.
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