Given he acquired this prior the election could it not have been because he thought Hillary would have won?
There is usually more than on "angle" to these stories.
That doesn't bother me at all. It's being involved with the incoming administration at the same time that I find questionable. I haven't heard that he's changed his mind and sent the passport back to NZ (so to speak), and yet his activities as a member of the transition team (and possibly others in future) have the potential to impact me in greater ways than if he were a private individual.