Trump's shunning of transition planning may have severe consequences, governance group says

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A good-governance group is warning of severe consequences if President-elect Donald Trump continues to steer clear of formal transition planning with the Biden administration — inaction that it says is already limiting the federal government’s ability to provide security clearances and briefings to the incoming administration.

Without the planning, says Max Stier, president and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, “it would not be possible” to “be ready to govern on day one.”

The president-elect’s transition is being led by Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive who led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. They said last month that they expected to sign agreements beginning the formal transition process with the Biden White House and the General Services Administration, which acts essentially as the federal government’s landlord.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-transition-planning-ca3a6be50d147b04b6498184e5599b1e

[dutch777]

1. Not too hard to believe that "good" and "governance" never were in the same Trump sentence or thought.

Only small hope that he will be as inept and inattentive so that his administration gets little evil done. My fear is that they learned from Trump 1.0's mistakes and will be much more effective and evil this round.

[John1956PA]

2. I wish that he could be impeached and convicted before he takes office. n/t

[CousinIT]

3. I doubt that clown car of Nazis gives a fuck about security clearances and briefings.

Why would they? Security clearances don’t matter to them. National security isn’t even on their list of priorities. ANYWHERE.

[mopinko]

4. they'll absolutely flout this.

they’ll appoint actings everywhere, and dare the congress to stop them.

[madinmaryland]

6. Since both houses of Congress will most like controlled by the repubs,

There will be no oversight of the “actings”. Scary times.

ETA: Trump comes in as a lame duck president, but won’t give a fuck as long as he has both houses. If control of either house changes (as it did in 2018) then then could slow down as the 2028 election starts.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump and his minders have already done all the planning.

There is no need for a transition team.