Q&A: How Donald Trump’s 75-day transition period will work

The US president-elect has a 75-day transition period to build his team before Inauguration Day on January 20

Donald Trump (Alex Brandon/AP)

Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House means he will want to set up an entirely new administration from the one that served under Joe Biden, and his team is also pledging that the second will not look much like the first one after Mr Trump’s 2016 victory.

The president-elect has a 75-day transition period to build his team before Inauguration Day on January 20.