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tomder55
Dec 9, 2024, 09:09 AM
In Europe and most of the world there is not a transition period between elections and when the elected government assumes control. Our 3 month time frame is way too long even given the cabinet seating process with advice and consent of the Senate .

The world is rapidly moving on. It cannot wait.

Here in the US we too have moved on from Clueless Joe .All he is doing in the transition is mischief designed to hinder Trump's agenda . He also apparently wants WWIII but that is a different discussion.

Trump is doing what he can to fill the vacuum the vacuous current commander has created . You saw it as he held court in Notre Dame .

Trump welcomed by world leaders at Notre Dame reopening ceremony | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-welcomed-world-leaders-notre-dame-reopening-ceremony-presidential-fashion)

You saw it yesterday when he had a sit down with Kristen Welker ;his debate nemesis.

Full interview: Donald Trump details his plans for Day 1 and beyond in the White House - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b607aDHUu2I)

Trump has again taken to the compliant press to lay out his agenda . They will ask for more . The center of political power in the US has Trump at the head

tomder55
Dec 10, 2024, 03:42 AM
Since Nov. 5, he’s largely stuck to prepared remarks, avoided unscripted public appearances or press questions and opted to sit out the raging debate over Donald Trump’s victory, policy conversations in Congress and the Democratic Party’s future.

Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump’s return to Washington - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/09/biden-absent-washington-00192575)

Ummm he effectively disappeared from doing his job months ago.

“He’s been so cavalier and selfish about how he approaches the final weeks of the job,” said a former White House official."

Selfishness had defined his political career since at least his time as VP . He has been bitter since he was forced to drop out of running for President in 1987 because he was a cheating plagiarist.

“There is no leadership coming from the White House,” one Democrat close to senior lawmakers stated bluntly. “There is a total vacuum.”......

“In conversations that I’m having, they don’t even mention the president. It’s kind of sad,” said the Democrat close to senior lawmakers. “It feels like Trump is president already.”

tomder55
Dec 10, 2024, 03:59 AM
CNN HOST: I do want to touch on what you bring up really quickly before we go this weekend trip where we saw him in France meeting with Emmanuel Macron, the president of France meeting with President Zelensky from Ukraine.

Scott, I know I talked to you the day it was happening but it was striking because he is not the sitting president, he is the president-elect right now. And yet here he was meeting with these world leaders and really looking quite presidential over the weekend.

SCOTT JENNING: Yeah, the United States has moved on, the world has moved on. Donald Trump doesn't take office until January, but you can see the rest of the world is already treating him like he is the power center of the United States.

And so I'm glad he went. This cathedral reopening is a huge deal to so many people around the world, Catholics, Christians -- tt's a historical moment. It was also a chance for him to talk to some of our biggest allies, people he's going to have to be coordinating with on some of these problems that Joe Biden is leaving behind.

Donald Trump is hitting the ground running. I mean, he's already out doing the things that we need him to do to get the country back on track. So between that, between his interview with Meet the Press, you can see here that Donald Trump is not going to have a passive presidency.

This is going to be an active start to this presidency and the rest of the world responds to leadership. We've not had a strong president, we have one now, everybody knows it.

Scott Jennings: The Rest Of The World Has Moved On From Biden, Trump Is Hitting The Ground Running | Video | RealClearPolitics (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/09/scott_jennings_the_rest_of_the_world_has_moved_on_ from_biden_trump_is_hitting_the_ground_running.htm l)