President-elect Donald Trump’s transition will continue to rely solely on money from private donors, a break from norms that will allow his team to raise unlimited sums.
Trump announced an agreement this week with the Biden administration that allowed his team to begin coordinating with agencies on the transition, though progressives have raised concerns over the transition’s funding stream. That’s because, so far, the president-elect has declined to accept transition resources from the General Services Administration for the likes of administrative support, office space, and equipment.
In turn, signing such an agreement with the General Services Administration would impose fundraising limits for the transition and allocate more than $7 million in federal funding. The Trump transition said its decision will “save taxpayers’s hard-earned money,” and Republicans
