A Trump Victory Would Mean Transition Chaos
A new administration needs to fill more than 4,000 jobs. The former president doesn’t seem to have any plan for it.
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If a business school student had designed the US presidential transition process as an assignment, they would have failed the class. Why? The current system creates a nearly impossible task for a newly elected candidate.
In fewer than 75 days, the president-elect needs to appoint hundreds of White House staffers, select a cabinet and fill more than 4,000 politically appointed positions. The new administration needs to quickly prepare a budget and engage allies. No business would ever run a changeover of chief executives like this, and no other country follows a similarly flawed process, either.