What If Trump Is All Too Eager to Give up Power?

Trump could bail in the twilight of his presidency. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has faced a lot of questions about whether he will commit to a peaceful transition of power and admit his defeat if he loses the upcoming presidential election.

Of course, we had a presidential transition in the middle of an acute policy crisis not long ago: In 2008 and 2009, as George W. Bush handed power to Barack Obama, he also handed over the reins to a freewheeling policy response to an acute financial crisis. That transition started before the election, with John McCain’s “suspension” gambit that forced both himself and Obama back to Washington to negotiate rescue terms with the Bush administration and congressional leaders.

As he describes it, the most important thing the Bush team did in the transition wasn’t in how it worked with the Obama team but in how it kept the lights on as the Obama team waited to take over.

So what are the governance challenges that mean we won’t want a Trump administration asleep at the switch through the transition? One is that another round of coronavirus relief is necessary now and will continue to be necessary if it hasn’t been passed before the election. Trump has already been lackadaisical in his efforts to get Republicans in Congress to approve another round of relief, and it’s hard to see him being more engaged in that project if he loses the election.

jbarro he’ll be in another country so it very well may be

jbarro What if piggies fly out my ass

jbarro He’s going to keep his cult/brand and the money will keep rolling in.

orangeorchards jbarro Not a chance, unless he slips quietly out of the country to avoid criminal charges. I’d love to see Trump’s version of quiet. I can’t imagine!

jbarro Trump is a bully. Bullies like power. He ain’t giving up the most powerful job on the planet easily.

jbarro Fat chance.

jbarro ZMsuited this is what I was referring to...

jbarro He does a half-assed job now as it is.

jbarro Oh. Like his failed business ventures.

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