President-elect Donald Trump has adopted a public and freewheeling approach to vetting potential candidates for top jobs in his administration, the Wall Street Journal reports:
Mr. Trump’s private persona is different from the caustic tone he would sometimes employ on the campaign trail, people who have met with him since the election said. They added he doesn’t carry old feuds into his meetings.
A meeting in the second week of the transition with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, for example, was far from the heated exchanges involving the pair during their primary battle, people familiar with the meeting said.
The former rivals sat for more than an hour, briefly reminiscing about the primary race and focusing mostly on what is coming next. Mr. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., joined them for much of the discussion.