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riversedge

(70,093 posts)
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:36 PM May 2020

Just in case: Trump to prep for transition {It is a law} in case he loses

Wonder if Trump will wonder into a meeting??




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 he’s 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..........................

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Just in case: Trump to prep for transition {It is a law} in case he loses (Original Post) riversedge May 2020 OP
Another job for little jared AKA "Little Smarmy" NoMoreRepugs May 2020 #1
trumps transition plan: Salviati May 2020 #2
Maybe he can create a Pandemic Task Force the way Obama did. n/t IllinoisBirdWatcher May 2020 #3
But I wish he would brush the dust off and use it NOW! riversedge May 2020 #4
The next Adminstration... Newest Reality May 2020 #5
he won't do shit. his minions will fill out the paper work and he will say it's unconstitutional nt Javaman May 2020 #6
they are shredding and KT2000 May 2020 #7
This may be the first smart thing he's done in office. CaptainTruth May 2020 #8
Trump Transition Handbook... thesquanderer May 2020 #9

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
2. trumps transition plan:
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:40 PM
May 2020

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

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
5. The next Adminstration...
Sat May 2, 2020, 02:47 PM
May 2020

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.

thesquanderer

(11,972 posts)
9. Trump Transition Handbook...
Sat May 2, 2020, 06:35 PM
May 2020

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.

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