U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has walked out of the Queen’s Theater, where he addressed the media earlier in the day in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 10, 2020, about the Trump administration’s claim to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
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Edelman, an associate professor at New York University, said the U.S. This is a “very critical time” in and Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris have done what other modern winning campaigns have done in the past, forming agency review teams. They are the ones tasked with evaluating the performance of the federal agencies, which will help the new administration achieve its promised policy goals outlined during the campaign.
The reluctance to join the transition is unprecedented, it is detrimental to the United States and poses a threat to the whole world.
David Edelman
Former US Ambassador to Singapore
However, while the transition has not yet had a negative impact, the new administration will soon need access to the president’s daily briefings, he said.
He said that the PDB has historically been given to the President-elect so far. It hasn’t happened yet.
“In the next few weeks, we will go to the point where they will need to provide highly confidential information in order to really do their job and prepare for the transfer of power.” .
There is a “big risk” to the world and it could be potentially disastrous if the president-elect does not start receiving a lot of intelligence in the weeks leading up to the inauguration, “he added.
Asked if Trump would admit, Edelman said the president would have.
“The votes will be certified in the next few weeks and an inauguration is scheduled for January 20,” he said.
He added, “The kind of stubbornness that is not willing to get involved in the transition is unprecedented, it is detrimental to the United States and … poses a threat to the whole world.” “I expect that in the coming weeks, we will see a slight softening in the position of the President, and the openness of at least the basics of the transition and preparation for a peaceful transfer of power on January 20.”
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