The US president-elect has issued a video message as Americans begin to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. “We’ve just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw,” Trump told viewers. “But we have before us the chance now to make history together … I’m asking you to join me in this effort.” Before leaving for Thanksgiving in Florida, Trump made the latest appointment to his cabinet: Betsy DeVos, a conservative activist, is the new education secretary.