On Day 1, Donald Trump will repeal Barack Obama's actions

Washington: Donald Trump plans to repeal a number of President Barack Obama’s executive actions in his first day in the White House that he feels have “hampered” both economic growth and job creation, the US President-elect’s close aide said on Monday.

Sean Spicer, the incoming White House press secretary, said on ABC’s ‘This Week’ that Mr Trump will immediately “repeal a lot of the regulations and actions that have been taken by this administration over the last eight years that have hampered both economic growth and job creation.”

It was one of two moves Spicer, who served as the Republican National Committee’s communications director before jumping to the Trump team, said Mr Trump will make immediately after he takes the oath of office on January 20. He did not specify which executive actions Mr Trump will repeal. However, the 70-year-old real estate billionaire-turned-politician has long been critical of Mr Obama’s moves on immigration, energy regulation and foreign policy, and could look for ways to undo those and other actions. 

Mr Spicer also defended Mr Trump’s cryptic comments that he knows “things that other people don’t know” about allegations of Russian hacking.

Mr Spicer told Fox News Channel’s ‘Fox & Friends’ that Mr Trump is getting national security briefings “on a daily basis” and “there doesn’t seem to be conclusive evidence” Russians were behind the hacking of Democratic emails during the election. He dismissed a report by the FBI and Homeland Security supporting the accusations against Russia, calling it a “how-to” manual on basic cybersecurity for Democrats.

In an interview on NBC’s ‘Today Show,’ he said President Barack Obama only punished Russia after Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the election and that the recent sanctions were politically motivated.

Cashing in on Trump
A hotel resort owned by Donald Trump made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling tickets to a New Year’s party attended by the President-elect, according to a report.

• $4,20,000 profits from tickets to the New Year’s party.
• $525 each of the ticket for members of the luxury resort.
• $575 each for guests, an anonymous source told Politico.

Mr Trump’s transition team declined to comment on the ticket prices.