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You know that if it was an incoming democrat president taking over for a republican president, they'd be pulling the "oops you missed the deadline to turn in your paperwork, looks like we gotta give it to the runner-up" routine.
looks like we gotta give it to the runner-up
These documents are not related to Trump becoming president, but related to him receiving briefings and stuff prior to taking office as he is the president elect.
Not like they've ever let the truth stop them before
They won't have his coloring book versions of the briefings so he isn't interested lol
They have no effect on whether he assumes power.
He doesn't have to. It's not a legal obligation, it's a "norm." Elizabeth Warren is incorrect. She may have helped write it, but she seems to not understand it. I imagine that's why her accusation is so vague. It violates no laws to refuse to sign, and that's the legal interpretation before factoring in the new presidential immunity decision. He is vested with the full power of the executive when he is sworn in whether he signs the transfer agreements or not.
They won't even try prosecuting him for his alleged treasonous behavior at this point. The idea they're going to try to make a legal case out of a paperwork violation is pure fantasy for, like, six different reasons.
America. Where norms and customs are confused as being laws and the rigor in application of laws depends on whether you are a politician or are connected to one.
Yeah, I grew up learning how other countries weren't as free and were more corrupt and in retrospect it was all fucking projection. This country is rotten to the fucking core.
it is pure fantasy, but it aligns perfectly with the platonic ideal of dnc fantasies. the idea that if we can catch him messing up some paperwork, then we’ll finally have him dead to rights.
I can't argue with that lol
Since 2016 the Dems have deluded themselves into thinking they can throw the book at those who break the rules while the Republicans have been hard at work making sure the rules mean fuck all when used against them.
I'm starting to think the plan is never to sign. For those unaware all this does is get him and his team access to various briefings to bring them up to speed on where things are currently at. Y'know, minimize the chaos inherent in changing governments.
But Trump loves chaos. He loves to feel like he's moving fast and breaking things. And most importantly, he loves having enemies.
What will actually happen here is that Biden will just give up and give Trump the briefings anyway (which he will ignore, or fail to turn to for). But if the Dems do dig their heels in, Trump will announce that they're trying to block him from taking office. It'll the be the start of what is almost certainly a four year project (and, to be clear, this is going to happen either way); blaming every screw up on "Democrat insiders" working to undermine them from within the government. This insidious enemy will be everywhere and anywhere, constantly working to disrupt all their beautifully laid plans.
They should have made it a law to be required to sign it. There are a lot of norms that should have been made into law but Congress sat on their thumbs on that for the last four years.
It required a death in office for them to mandate term limits, there's no way they'll ever ratify simple procedure.
A requirement to assume a major office a person has been elected to should be part of the constitution. Otherwise Biden would not have been in power for sure, perhaps not even Obama.
Then don't transition power. Tell them they get nothing until they sign it. It was Trump's law in the first place.
It's not a law, and it was created in 1963 and augmented in 2010. He gains presidential power regardless of if he signs them or not.
Didn’t he do this on round one as well?
Yes, but Susan Collins is sure he's learned his lesson.
Oh bless her heart
Lmao, these dudes won't even have the passwords to get into the computer system because of this. Shit. I'd hide the keys on them and upper decker all the toilets.
That would be a pretty effective prank, if they gave a shit about doing their new jobs well.
There is no transition. This is being operated as a hostile takeover.
If you don't sign any of the documents pertaining to ethics or taking an oath to protect the constitution you can't be charged with failing to uphold those oaths and ethics I suppose.
Yeah, how else are they going to get people not fit to hold these positions in.
Guess we got to cancel the transition then.
I mean, technically, I don't think he signed the documents to transfer power TO Biden in the first place, did he?
These documents aren't for accepting the role of president, they're related to receiving classified information and briefings prior to taking office. Trump will become president whether he signs these or not. Their name is confusing.
seems like trump is just screwing his own incoming here. its going to be as he does it.
Don't interrupt an enemy when he's making a mistake