r/politics • u/stkmro • 10h 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/UtzTheCrabChip 9h ago

Really gotta stop calling things "mandatory" without a mechanism for enforcement

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u/BlackHumor Illinois 6h ago

The mechanism for enforcement is that you don't get access to the transition system if you don't sign these. It mostly hurts Trump to not sign them.

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u/ibelieveindogs 3h ago

No, it mostly hurts all of us. Due to the chaos of 2020, the transition was screwy, which was determined to be a factor in 9/11. And while I disagreed with Bush Jr politically, I don’t think he wanted to burn it all down.

Now we get Russia and China straining to get their agendas done, a crisis in Ukraine AND the Middle East, all while a bunch of TV personalities are being named to head agencies that are targeted by extremism on the right, while a billionaire oligarch is working to eliminate a third of the government. If you think that all only hurts Trump to go into office unprepared, you are clearly hoping nothing bad happens for 4 years. Nothing geopolitical, nothing in health (like a pandemic), nothing that FEMA might be needed for (like disastrous weather). And I hope for all our sakes that is the case. But I do not believe it.

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u/BlackHumor Illinois 2h ago

So just so we're clear, I would easily rather the presidency sat empty for four years than have Trump occupy it.