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There is no clever explanation for why the current president should block the next president, but that is what is happening and the timing could not be worse.
President-elect Joe Biden stays out, intern, while President Donald Trump refuses to give in. While Trump pursues low-probability lawsuits, his General Service administration has refused to release the federal budget or allow Biden’s team to interact with their government counterparts.
Means:
That Biden is at a disadvantage from critical data on the COVID-19 epidemic, adding the strategy the Trump administration is employing to combat it and the latest vaccine distribution preparation, even as the country enters the maximum era of pandemic damage, a time when white House Coronavirus Working Group stated that there was “a competitive network , relentless and expanding of the country. “
And that Biden does not get the official summaries of the data that other presidents-elect have gained for government continuity, covering the soon dangers and threats facing the nation.
Biden made it transparent and correct in an apparition on Monday: “More people are at risk of dying if we don’t coordinate. “
Even if Trump has the idea that after his demanding situations he would take the oath for a moment during the presidential term in January, there is no explanation as to why not make sure that either man is in a position for office, because one of them would.
Get into New York politics.
Consider that while the contest in Congress of the 3rd District of New York was unsure this year, the House Administration Committee invited Republican newcomer George Santos to the guidance of new members, a courtesy that meant Santos would be willing to set up his district, covering parts of Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens, if ahead of current Democrat Tom Suozzi. Then Santos there. On Tuesday, he conceded and left.
Trump’s barricade is rare and potentially dangerous. The delay in the transition due to the recount in Florida in 2000 meant that President George W. Bush had not had his entire team in paintings until months after taking office. This delay was cited in the Commission’s report. report on 9/11, which stated that “Since a catastrophic attack can occur with little or no notification, we deserve to minimize as much as imaginable the disruption of the progression of national security policy during the replacement of the administration. “
Why are we tempting fate with a possible long-term threat, but a genuine viral threat?
Trump’s impediment comes when allies like Newsmax executive leader Christopher Ruddy push him into a transition, at a time when Trump is fighting for end-of-period actions, with reports that he is calling for features for an army attack on an Iranian. and pushing for the blockade of drilling rights for the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. people to “get up” in opposition to COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan.
This is one last act for the 45th president.
– The editorial board
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