Peloni: Here is the problem with transitioning to a Trump presidency: Trump and the Deep State hold mutually exclusive positions on where the power lies in the US, ie the political vs the bureaucratic elements of the govt. Should the Deep State accept Trump’s victory and transition to his position establishing the political elements of the US govt as being supreme, they are essentially surrendering their authority to him…and of course, they are not willing to do so. While some areas are being reconciled with appointments which are more closely aligned with the Deep State, eg Rubio, there can be no reconciling of the medical bureaucracy with the appointment of RFK who intends to deny both them them and Big Pharma of their hold on power…and so the negotiations about neutering the corruption in the medical bureaucracy continues while the transitioning activities with regards to RFK are not.
Sundance | November 26, 2024
As the story is told, the unwillingness of President-Elect Trump and his transition team to comply with the rules of the bureaucracy in DC this time, has led to the Administrative State refusing to comply with any transition of power, specifically as it relates to Robert F Kennedy Jr and the healthcare transition team.
If President-Elect Trump would just adhere to the DC transition rules, then the DC bureaucrats who run the Executive Branch might be more willing to comply with requests. However, unless and until President Trump accepts the administrative state’s power over him, they are at loggerheads.
Given the “trillions at stake” in the Health and Human Services system, we can only imagine the internal dynamic and pressure from lobbyists to keep their equity stakes as long as possible.
WASHINGTON DC – Advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached out to the Health and Human Services Department multiple times after Donald Trump tapped him to lead the massive agency, hoping to jumpstart coordination before his takeover in late January. They were rebuffed.
Kennedy’s inability to communicate with the agency he may soon manage, confirmed by an administration official with knowledge of the episodes granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations, is just one consequence of the president-elect’s continued foot-dragging on signing the standard trio of ethics and transparency agreements with the federal government — something his team pledged to do shortly after the election.
The Trump transition’s unprecedented delay in signing the agreements has so far prevented the incoming administration from having any formal contact with federal agencies, including sending in groups of policy advisers known as “landing teams.” It also means they can’t access cybersecurity support or secure email servers for transition-related work, or request FBI background checks for their nominees.
Both the Trump transition and the White House confirmed to POLITICO that negotiations on the agreements are still underway. But until the standoff is resolved, Trump’s Cabinet nominees will gain no more insight than the general public into the workings of the departments they’re supposed to run. (READ MORE)
@Vivarto
You are correct that the article is long, but I found it to be quite important nonetheless. In summary, it details that the Trump Team does not trust the establishment to conduct the vetting process of their political nominees, and the consequence of this is that there are looming threats of the Uniparty allies on the Rino Right and the Looney Left to block Trump’s appointments while citing potential conflicts of interest due to the inability of the FBI to gain full and unfettered access to the most intimate and sensitive elements of the lives of the nominees. Additionally, the standing administrative bureaucrats are refusing to divulge access to materials and sources which will be necessary to bring the Trump Team up to speed to deal with matters which they will necessarily need to be fluent on day one when they assume their duties on January 20.
So the article describes something of a Mexican Standoff in which an ultimatum is clearly expressed that there will be no orderly transfer of power from the Biden White House to the Trump Team unless Trump blinks first and allows the FBI to do what it does best, collect information which can be used to maintain the Establishment’s grip on power. Of course, this last bit is not expressly stated in the Politico article, but it is what I would describe as being the unspoken meat which makes the Politico sandwich worth reading.
Terribly long article, and in my opinion not worth reading.
On the other hand I’d appreciate if someone who read it, would sump it up…
The US NOMENKLATURA, a state within a state!
Trump has a collection of superstars who will find ways to deal with the bureaucracy.
Politico is not on the side of Trump.
The Federal healthcare budget is bigger than the defense budget. The healthcare bureaucracy has deep relationships with big insurance and big pharma. Big insurance dwarfs big pharma. HHS pays the big insurance companies almost half a trillion dollars a year to cover seniors in so called Medicare Advantage plans provide which less services than traditional Medicare. HHS needs a very deep cleaning.
Imagine winning a winchester 73
THEN BEING TRANSFERRED TO PLANET MERCURY
Eddie…..aka…..tzvi
Winning election’s have no value if nothing is available to show victory.
Winners are put in storage until next election.
Winning second term in storage wins what ?
Receptionists controlled by AI…….
THAT DOES NOT COMPUTE !
Remember the early computer days ????
Eddie…..aka…..tzvi