Trump Doubles Down on Swamp-Draining in YouTube Video

President-elect Donald Trump took to YouTube, rather than a press conference or live public address, to double down on some first 100-days promises had already made.

In the video, which jumped from a little over 2,000 views Monday evening to over 800,000 by early Tuesday morning, Trump said the transition team was working very "smoothly, efficiently and effectively," a response to the widespread reporting of turmoil akin to a "knife fight" as leadership changed from Chris Christie to Mike Pence.

He talked about the series of meetings he has held with a host of folks—including BET founder Bob Johnson—some of whom will be taking positions in his administration.

He said among his executive actions on day one would be 1) issuing a "notification of intent" to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which he called a "potential disaster" for the country—the TPP was supported by TV and movie studios; 2) imposing the five-year ban on executive officials lobbying after they leave their posts and a lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign government; 3) requiring two old regulations to be lifted for each new one imposed, which he called "so important; and 4) ask the Department of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff to come up with a "comprehensive" approach to protecting vital infrastructure from cybersecurity attacks.

He said he would provide more updates soon but not whether they would be via YouTube.

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John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.