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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,209 posts)
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 03:57 PM Nov 2020

Trump digs in at White House, denying Biden access on pandemic, national security

More than two weeks since the election,President Donald Trump remains dug in at the White House, refusing to concede and to help his successor deal with critical and urgent issues: the pandemic and national security.

Since becoming a lame-duck president, Trump has not only blocked cooperation with the incoming Biden administration, he has remained largely silent as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically worsens nationwide; an average of 1,000 Americans have been reported dead each day since the election with the total fast approaching the 250,000 milestone.

And when his acting secretary of defense announced Tuesday that the United States would withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, Trump was nowhere to be seen -- or heard, even on his usually active Twitter feed. He has not uttered or written one word publicly about five American soldiers who died in Egypt last week.

Republican leaders have so far signaled a willingness to let Trump continue to spew falsehoods about the electoral process and propagate baseless claims of fraud, allowing the president to act on his own timeline.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-digs-in-at-white-house-denying-biden-access-on-pandemic-national-security/ar-BB1b8M5a?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP

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Trump digs in at White House, denying Biden access on pandemic, national security (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
He's like a tick soothsayer Nov 2020 #1
A big fat blood-filled one Bayard Nov 2020 #7
Eventually... 634-5789 Nov 2020 #2
Dumpy OLDMDDEM Nov 2020 #3
A serious case of Senioritis. underpants Nov 2020 #4
And the way he makes his underlings set up little chairs kskiska Nov 2020 #8
Well, I guess he was right about ONE thing, in a roundabout way... SeattleVet Nov 2020 #5
Who said being Turbineguy Nov 2020 #6
Fucking homicidal maniac. chowder66 Nov 2020 #9

634-5789

(4,175 posts)
2. Eventually...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 04:04 PM
Nov 2020

tRump will have to answer for all his crimes. Either now...or later, but wht does he think non-cooperation will get him? Biden's team will just steam roll this crybaby and move along with the transition.

OLDMDDEM

(1,577 posts)
3. Dumpy
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 04:10 PM
Nov 2020

doesn't care. I heard on TV that he was doing this (lawsuits) to appease his followers. I disagree. He's doing this for his ego, though it isn't working in his favor. He can still say that even the courts were corrupt enough to deny him the presidency.

underpants

(182,883 posts)
4. A serious case of Senioritis.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 04:10 PM
Nov 2020

He’s spent way more time in the Oval than most Presidents. They use the room for some meetings but mostly ceremonies and entertaining foreign contingents. Trump sits in there like a kid LOOK AT ME! I’M PRESIDENTING!

kskiska

(27,047 posts)
8. And the way he makes his underlings set up little chairs
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 04:44 PM
Nov 2020

around his desk like a first-grade reading group. No President has ever done that. There are sofas at the other end of the room for meetings.

SeattleVet

(5,479 posts)
5. Well, I guess he was right about ONE thing, in a roundabout way...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 04:16 PM
Nov 2020

he did say that after the election we wouldn't hear anything about COVID. We just didn't realize at the time that he was only talking about what HE would not be saying.

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