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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Biden has done more work in the past 2 weeks than trump* has done in the past 4 years.
IMHO, of course.
Fyrefox
(300 posts)...and it's work done for the country, rather than for personal enhancement and enrichment. It will be so good to have a real president at the helm again who will be a source of national pride rather than constant embarrassment!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)caring and sharing, respect for the Constitution of The United States of America and her laws and rules.
Will treat equally Blue States and Red States and their constituents.
Made in America - jobs; healthcare; wage increase; security.
I feel better about this. I know it won't be easy because of the effed up republicans, but we will prevail.
tavernier
(12,368 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)ailsagirl
(22,885 posts)Tanuki
(14,914 posts)to the chaotic, incompetent, corrupt, and nepotistic scenario four years ago, as documented by "Moneyball" author Michael Lewis n his book Fifth Risk, excerpted below:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team
..."Trump said he didnt want a presidential transition team. Why did anyone need to plan anything before he actually became president? Its legally required, said Christie. Trump asked where the money was going to come from to pay for the transition team. Christie explained that Trump could either pay for it himself or take it out of campaign funds. Trump didnt want to pay for it himself. He didnt want to take it out of campaign funds, either, but he agreed, grudgingly, that Christie should go ahead and raise a separate fund to pay for his transition team. But not too much! he said.
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The first time Trump paid attention to any of this was when he read about it in the newspaper. The story revealed that Trumps very own transition team had raised several million dollars to pay the staff. The moment he saw it, Trump called Steve Bannon, the chief executive of his campaign, from his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, and told him to come immediately to his residence, many floors above. Bannon stepped off the elevator to find Christie seated on a sofa, being hollered at. Trump was apoplectic, yelling: Youre stealing my money! Youre stealing my fucking money! What the fuck is this?
Seeing Bannon, Trump turned on him and screamed: Why are you letting him steal my fucking money? Bannon and Christie together set out to explain to Trump federal law. Months before the election, the law said, the nominees of the two major parties were expected to prepare to take control of the government. The government supplied them with office space in downtown DC, along with computers and rubbish bins and so on, but the campaigns paid their people. To which Trump replied: Fuck the law. I dont give a fuck about the law. I want my fucking money. Bannon and Christie tried to explain that Trump couldnt have both his money and a transition.
Shut it down, said Trump. Shut down the transition.
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With that, Christie went back to preparing for a Trump administration. He tried to stay out of the news, but that proved difficult. From time to time, Trump would see something in the paper about Christies fundraising and become upset all over again. The money that people donated to his campaign Trump considered, effectively, his own. He thought the planning and forethought pointless. At one point he turned to Christie and said: Chris, you and I are so smart that we can leave the victory party two hours early and do the transition ourselves.....(more)
MyOwnPeace
(16,917 posts)I'm sure Press Secretary (Press Liar-in-Chief) McEnany will tell us all what really happened, and, of course, will be followed by a series of tweets from the Liar-in-Chief himself!
634-5789
(4,175 posts)tRump and his corrupt cabal of douche nozzles are setting fires everywhere. It will take TON of reversals to get anywhere near what ''normal' looks like...the... Biden and his team has to fight the pandemic, get reasonable justices on board, reverse the horrible climate issues , employment issues, well, hell, just sooo damn much to do, and only 2 years or maybe 4 (FINGERS CROSSED) and a 50 seat Senate to right the evil that has spawned throughout our Democracy. tRump's not going anywhere, he's still be screaming from the sidelines so Joe also has that fat tub of orange shit to deal with, plus the MAGAt Morans that voted for him. It's uphill. God save us all.
lastlib
(23,152 posts)Joe will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents just for getting the mess cleaned up and getting us back to "normal."
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,664 posts)Ill be able to stand all the logic, theres almost too much logic.
If you really cant tell...
Siwsan
(26,249 posts)lastlib
(23,152 posts)(ditto the )
SteelSmasher
(35 posts)I saw on the news that he is meeting with Democractic and Republican governors in order to coordinate the response to Covid-19.
Mr. T did not make that a priority, even when he did he shunned Democratic governors.
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)I don't have to wake up and worry what embarrassing shitshow awaits us now. At least not from President-Elect Biden.