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Major-party presidential candidates typically start planning for how they will staff their potential White Houses well before Election Day. This is because putting together a presidential administration is an enormous task, and the ten weeks between when the ballots are counted and the president is inaugurated are seen as insufficient for properly executing it.

But Donald Trump refused to plan for his White House transition because he did not want to “jinx” himself. He also spent his campaign attacking or alienating vast swaths of the Republican intellectual class, which has left him with a motley team of advisers, composed of the most unscrupulous partisan hacks, far-right media personalities, genuine lunatics, and his own children. Many of these people are personally and ideologically at odds with each other. Few have experience with White House transitions.

This has led to a series of shake-ups, resignations, delays, and miscommunications. On Tuesday night, the Huffington Post reported that “transition officials had been informally asking Obama political appointees to recommend Republicans to take over their jobs.” Meanwhile, foreign leaders struggled to discern how and when to contact the new president or his go-betweens. Amid widespread reports of such chaos, Donald Trump assured America that the process was proceeding as smoothly as an episode of The Apprentice.

Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

The New York Times was among the many papers to report on these events. And so, the president-elect woke Wednesday morning and decried the “failing” newspaper in a Twitter rant.

The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition. It is going so smoothly. Also, I have spoken to many foreign leaders. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

I have recieved and taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing @nytimes said. Russia, U.K., China, Saudi Arabia, Japan, — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

Australia, New Zealand, and more. I am always available to them. @nytimes is just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

The Gray Lady isn’t the only media institution Trump antagonized over the past 24 hours. On Tuesday night, the president-elect failed to alert his press pool before heading to dinner at the ‘21’ Club in Manhattan. President-elects typically grant full access to this select gaggle of reporters, as a gesture toward transparency and the public’s right to have an eye on its leader, and a historical record of his (or maybe, someday, her) activities.

Trump had previously ditched the press pool during his historic trip to the White House to meet President Obama, when he refused to allow reporters to board his private plane.

Trump has not held a press conference since mid-summer, let alone since his election. The mogul courted media attention aggressively for most of his presidential run, often giving multiple, lengthy press interviews in a day. But now that Trump has secured power, there’s reason to think he may get more camera shy, as MSNBC’s Chris Hayes argues.

Good indicator right now of how this will go. Remember Trump, didn't do press conferences down the stretch. He'll use Twitter and friendly — Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 16, 2016

outlets to go after the press constantly. The POTUS is at any given moment the most criticized person in the country. He won't like it. — Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 16, 2016

But while the press, foreign leaders, and many members of vulnerable minority groups are feeling anxious about President Trump, the mogul remains a beloved tribune of the white nonworking class in the heartland of Manhattan.