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Just in case: Trump to prep for transition in case he loses
https://apnews.com/528de64ba835d858146c9b4b0bcf5751
By ZEKE MILLER April 29, 2020
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting about the coronavirus with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is still all-in on getting reelected, but hes also set to take the first steps to formally prepare someone else to take over if he loses on Nov. 3.
Trump is standing up a council under the first deployment of the Presidential Transition Act by an incumbent running for another term after Congress moved in 2015 to better ensure continuity of government when one president hands off to another.
Making sure presidential candidates are ready to take charge of the federal government became a priority after the Sept. 11 attacks, but the effort takes on new urgency because of the coronavirus pandemic and associated economic turmoil.
The relevance of transition planning has intensified since it could be the first election since 1932 where we had more than 20% unemployment, more than twice as high as the unemployment rate in 2008, said David Marchick, director of the Center for Presidential Transition at the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. You add to that a health crisis and the potential for a virtual transition. The degree of complexity has increased significantly.
Under the act, Trump must name members of the transition council and a senior White House employee to chair it no later than six months before Election Day, which is Sunday. Trump is expected to tap Chris Liddell, deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, according to two senior administration officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss internal plans..........................
NoMoreRepugs
(9,374 posts)Salviati
(6,008 posts)1) stop doing the pitiful excuse that he calls work on Nov. 3
2) steal all he can between Nov 3. and Jan 20, and smash anything he can't
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)riversedge
(70,093 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)The next Administration, (oh how delicious that sounds) will basically have to take note of all the blunders and failures and simply discard the rest of the briefing since it will just be about, "Me! Me, me me! More me, myself!"
Well, you can learn a lot from Trump about how to ruin a country in in only four years and oh my, the recovery from that is going to be a massive undertaking. The negative example might help spur a much needed recovery from Trump and family. I recommend a complete disinfection, fumigation, etc. of everything he touched literally and figuratively. This is going to be a project.
Another joy to behold will be getting those lackey appointments that he made to the various agencies of people who are either incompetent, unqualified, out to destroy the agency they were appointed to, or all three. That can help bring progress and change in itself. Oh, I forgot: are beholden to special interests and not acting on behalf of ours.
Javaman
(62,504 posts)KT2000
(20,568 posts)wiping the computers then.
CaptainTruth
(6,576 posts)thesquanderer
(11,972 posts)How To Guvern.
1. Hire people who agree with whatever you say.
2. Run your ideas past Putin.
3. If things don't work, blame someone else.