Thread by @espiers, Trump's transition team was a disaster and now he's trying to sabotage [...]

Elizabeth Spiers

espiers

Trump& #39;s transition team was a disaster and now he& #39;s trying to sabotage Biden& #39;s. Some excerpts from Michael Lewis& #39;s The Fifth Risk about the Trump transition below.

Christie had to explain to Trump that he was legally required to have a transition team / plan. Trump& #39;s reaction when Christie et al put one together:

Then they fired the transition team:

Meanwhile, at the DOE

And nobody showed up

And this after sending DOE employees a list of questions about political loyalties and views on climate change:

Lots more here, but at any rate, the Trump admin crippled a lot of govt functions by failing to staff the government properly and general bumbling incompetence around the transition.

Now they& #39;re trying to sabotage Biden& #39;s. They& #39;re actively trying to break the government more on the way out door.

I don& #39;t think it& #39;s even ideological, a la Bannon. It& #39;s petty and malicious and rooted in jealousy and revenge.

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