Trump blows through transition deadlines, sparking security concerns

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Source: Axios

4 hours ago


With 67 days until President-elect Trump is sworn in, his administration-in-waiting is still bypassing the official process designed to facilitate the transfer of control over the vast federal bureaucracy.

Why it matters: Trump's transition team tells Axios they're still discussing the agreements needed to kickstart the transition. For now, future Trump administration officials won't have access to the agencies they'll soon lead, to secure communications systems, or potentially to security briefings and clearances.

Trump's team has so far declined to sign agreements which would force them to disclose donors and pledge to avoid conflicts of interest.

The transition process is designed such that the winner quickly gets access to office space, federal funding, and government personnel and systems, and other recent presidential transitions — including Trump's in 2016 — began it well before Election Day.

Trump told President Biden when they met Wednesday that the transition will be "as smooth as it can get." Without the agreements in place, experts are doubtful.

What are the agreements?

The Trump transition team has missed deadlines on two key agreements required by law: one memorandum of understanding with the General Services Administration and another with the White House.

1. The GSA agreement, due Sept. 1, outlines the terms on which a transition team can take up office space, IT services and other equipment and facilities.

2. The White House agreement, due Oct. 1, is more critical, as it grants the transition team with conditions of access to employees, facilities and documents of federal agencies.

"Everything rests on this White House MOU," Valerie Smith Boyd, the director of the Center for Presidential Transition, told Axios.

"Any access to any information from any agency is opened up by this agreement," she said.

Neither of those agreements have so far been signed.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/11/14/trump-transition-delays-national-security-risks

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The same happened the last time and they don't care. They eventually put someone in to overrule the civil service employees.

[MiHale]

1. He cares about that as much as used T.P.

[CanonRay]

2. They'll hit the ground on their asses in a slippery pile of shit

and could care less. Dictatorship don't need no stinking agreements.

[Irish_Dem]

3. They have no intention of following the rules, laws, customs.

They have power and they are going to use it.

No one will make them do anything they do not want to do.

[coffeenap]

4. They couldn't care less.

But they got a nice handshake in front of the fireplace. Permission granted.

[GreenWave]

5. Lock him up!

[BadgerKid]

6. De facto dictator -- lack of enforcement.

[Willard123]

7. GSA agreement

Deadline was Sep 1 ??

[Marthe48]

8. Bar him

Why is the current administration allowing traitor to bulldoze the whole structure? Why are we all rolling over? Even if the criminals got more votes, they shouldn't be allowed to ignore all of the laws. I'm sick of this lack of response.

traitor isn't in power yet. Somebody bring him the hell to heel.

[Comfortably_Numb]

9. Someone needs to be in charge of writing up a strongly worded memo. Not strongly like looking back,

but kinda strongly like encouraging a toddler to drink his milk.

[slightlv]

10. All of these are artifacts of a soon to be forgotten country.

trump has his own methods already planned out for him. What does he need these MOUs when he's got 2025 and Heritage in the wings. He'll kill every department and every person who defies him. He doesn't care because he doesnt have to... he's already a dictator.

[bluestarone]

11. These fuckers are sending messages everyday, that they don't give a rats ass about

Our countries rules, regulations, or way of life!!

[republianmushroom]

12. So ?

Who's to stop him, the supreme court. Possible our present Attorney General and the DOJ. (ha ha ha).
"No man is above the law" has been to rest. Get use to it.

45 months and counting

[Figarosmom]

13. If there isno real penelty to him

He doesn't give a shit. Even if there were penalties he's gotten off on everything so far so why would he even care?