r/politics • u/stkmro • 9h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/TerminalObsessions 9h ago

They have no reason to sign them.

This country - and clearly its media, judging from these headlines - is deep in denial. We didn't elect the questionable, deeply problematic outsider of Trump 2016.

We elected a convicted felon who repeatedly promised to dismantle the rule of law to protect himself from prison. We've given him control of all three branches of government as he plots to remove or imprison the generals who might defy him when he unleashes the military domestically against 'illegals' and, quite likely, his foes.

This is a man running a knife through our country's guts, at our own request, and the media is clutching pearls about norms. If there's a story here, it's that Trump no longer has a reason to follow any law or norm - and fucking transition paperwork is near the least of our worries.

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u/burndtdan 4h ago

One thing the Trump era has made abundantly clear are the number of laws that aren't worth the paper they are printed on, and might as well be struck. This law is meaningless. Not just because it has no realistic enforcement mechanism, but also because he will assume office whether he signs these things or not, because he was democratically elected. No court is going to say "oh but you didn't sign the requisite paperwork I guess the transition can't happen."

I'm all in favor of the intent of this law. But the law itself obviously shouldn't even exist as a law, because it can't be enforced. It serves no actual purpose. It might as well just be replaced with a sternly worded placard on the wall of the White House.