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

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Yahoo! News/AP

Fri, November 8, 2024 at 5:19 PM EST


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.

But those agreements are still unsigned, and the pressure is beginning to mount. The delay is holding up the federal government’s ability to begin processing security clearances for potentially hundreds of Trump administration national security appointees. That could limit the staff who could work on sensitive information by Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. It also means Trump appointees can’t yet access federal facilities, documents and personnel to prepare for taking office.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-shunning-transition-planning-may-221904264.html

[Aviation Pro]

1. The goal is chaos

Do these stewards not get this?

[johnnyfins]

2. Security clearances?

Who is going to enforce them? TSF loyalists? What a joke. I said in an earlier post: This country is so open to an attack from the outside now. The chaos and disorganization will make it worse.

[LiberalArkie]

10. That is the intent... Remember George Bush? Remember Trump cutting US staff in Wuhan lab right before Covid?

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/exclusive-us-slashed-cdc-staff-inside-china-prior-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C3NE/

[Intractable]

3. Imagine the documents Trump will be able to steal.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Trump will just give everyone security clearances anyway. Why bother with background checks.

He likes the sleazy and corrupt. His administration will be filled with them.

[Marthe48]

5. If the employee isn't willing to train

DON'T HIRE HIM!

[EarthFirst]

6. Dana White will be on hand to introduce advisors as they arrive...

Cutaways to Vince McMahon will interview staffers as they browse the green room buffet.

Elon will be the guest of (dis)honor and deliver the keynote in the State Dining Room at 7 p.m. EST.

Contributing corporate sponsors will be McDonald’s Prime Hydration and Coca Cola

The entire transition evening will be broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime for a donation of $149.99 made payable to Never Surrender Inc.

“It’s gonna be lit; fam!”

[Initech]

39. Idiocracy wasn't supposed to be a documentary, damn it!

[Raven123]

7. Seriously?

Part of me hopes they don’t plan. The more organized they are, the more they will get done to destroy democracy.

[DemInBuckhead]

12. That was my thought as well.

I saw the headline and said, "I don't see the problem here."

[Vinca]

8. And how, exactly, is this news? The one thing you can rely on Trump for is utter chaos.

[travelingthrulife]

9. Just like last time

Foolish US voters

[JohnSJ]

16. I would.use a much harsher term than "foolish". They know exactly what they are doing, and if history is an guide,

Karma will eventually come back and bite them in the ass like it did to Italy and Germany in the 30's and 40's.

[yorkster]

26. I wish "Kamala" could come back and

bite them in the ass...


😕 sigh

[JohnSJ]

28. same here. However, I would love it if she considers running for California Governor.

[yorkster]

30. Agree. Hope she considers it after some

much-deserved downtime starting in January...

[LisaL]

11. Everything Trump is doing will have consequences.

Not good ones. We are up the creek without a paddle.

[Linda ladeewolf]

13. You won't need a security clearance

If you pay Donald enough, you can just walk in a take what you want.

[FakeNoose]

22. Or he hands it to you, if you ask nicely

The grifting we saw last time was sort of hidden and quiet. But now it's going to be right in our faces on STERIODS.

[Bluetus]

43. Remember, Trump has said he prefers "acting" anyway

They never have to go before the Senate for confirmation. This seems to be a loophole. Evidently there is nothing (other than tradition and public shaming -- neither of which mean anything to Trump) that really requires anybody to be confirmed, as they can remain in an acting role indefinitely.

[AverageOldGuy]

14. Security clearances?????

Trump doesn't need any security clearances. The President gets a clearance by virtue of being President then he can order clearances to any and all. Remember -- Jared Kushner failed every single background investigation because of foreign business connections yet Trump ordered a Top Secret/Special Intelligence (TW/SI) clearance for him.

Elon Musk no doubt will have access to our most precious secrets. Putin will receive copies of the President's Daily Intell Briefing.

Face it, people, we are now Nazi Germany in the 1930's, only MUCH, MUCH worse.

[JohnSJ]

15. I hope the f**ker self-destructs.

[patphil]

17. Trump doesn't intend to govern, he intends to rule.

He doesn't see the need to prepare to take the reigns of government. As a dictator from day one, he's not going to take any advice, and his "team" will do his bidding.
In his mind, that's all that's needed.
He's been given a mandate to be a strong man, and will mold the government, and all it's agencies, into a shape that suits him alone. I expect there will be wholesale removal of anyone and everyone who knows how to govern in virtually all of the governmental agencies.
With project 2025 as his guide, he will destroy anything that actually helps people, so what does he need to know about how these agencies work, and what they are doing now. All that is going away.
Trump will deal with things like security clearances the way he deals with everything else; he'll simply demand that his people receive whatever clearance they need.
Who's going to challenge him?

[JohnSJ]

18. I think the security clearances are required aren't they?

[AZ8theist]

33. not any more.....

[Autumn]

19. Eliminate the middle man and just send security clearances and briefings to Putin.

Putin can decide who in trumps circle needs them. Trump will never be ready or fit to govern.

[dlk]

20. The Trump team's goal is to tear it all down

And vacuum up all the resources for those at the top. We are in for a very bumpy ride.

[republianmushroom]

21. Damn, dudes you do understand, "may have severe consequences",

he doesn't care.

[HUAJIAO]

23. They don't plan to govern. They plan to RULE !

Don't you idiots get what's going on YET???

[AZ8theist]

34. Trust me, I get it. And I'm no idiot....

It's these clowns who got EXACTLY what they WISHED FOR:

[HUAJIAO]

42. I wasn't referring to you, but rather the writers of the quote article.

[AZ8theist]

44. Oh, of course I know that....

You and I know who the idiots are.......

That's why I wanted to provide visual proof of who the morons are.......

[area51]

24. "it would not be possible" to "be ready to govern on day one."

Pro-tip: they'll never be ready.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. So, let's see, GWII came in with an Anything But Clinton mentality and we got 9/11

And Trump...no wait, Trump was a one man 9/11, spread across four years.

[0rganism]

27. "transition planning" is about continuity, smooth changes in governance, things for which the incoming regime has no use

Next year, we're getting a "fresh start", all essential planning has been taken care of well in advance by the incoming gang of fascists, oligarchs, and useful idiots. Therefore, any "transition planning" or coordination with the outgoing Biden administration would be a waste of time.

[sakabatou]

29. No one should be surprised by this

After he has to leave the office, he'll come out kicking and screaming like a toddler.

[Blue Jean]

31. If The Final Golden Cheeseburger Doesn't Send him to The Pearly Gates First

Or his degenerating brain starts making him babble so much that they have to hide him away.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the shitshow.

Because a shitshow is what it is. Intentionally.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. As the orange criminal mob boss hurtles toward his finish line, expect anything. As he stated: "I love chaos."

[jmowreader]

36. Trump doesn't think he needs any stinking transition planning

He’s probably planning to just clear his minions via executive order and continue the policies of his previous administration.

[KS Toronado]

37. Everybody is saying with his huge stable genius brain

rumpie doesn't need any transition planning because he's already got everything planned out. Plus using
only his brain he will give everyone new in his administration TOP SECRET clearance after they raise
their right hand and swear absolute loyalty to Der Fuhrer. No worries he's got everything under control.

[NewJeffCT]

38. Trump will just override any security clearances that are questionable

I fully expect at least a few hundred the be approved that have glaring red flags in them

[topcelts]

40. The Beauty of Civilisation

The Beauty of Civilization has been all but been destroyed in the U.S. by this savage horde that has absolutely refused carte blanche to cherish the small steps we have made towards a civilized society. Our "Quest for Fire" has decided we are better off in the caves rather than seek the light of an enlightened society. They seek to destroy our wonderful global literature, they have Fahrenheit 451ed it; next will be what remains of the arts. So my dear Brothers and Sisters it's time to pick up the gauntlet, we have the freedom to think and spread the good doctrines of love, tolerance, forgiveness, charity, faith and hope. You can legislate all you want and executive order all you want but these beautiful virtues are ours and cannot be taken away from us. Every one of these monsters will eventually die and they will leave behind nothing of any human or spiritual value. in fact there will be a very long line of Hitlers.Take heart the real battle is about to commence. Vive le U.S.

[LisaM]

41. The more he screws up, the better.

And he will screw up. God, people have short memories.