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This really isn’t fair.
Joe Biden has more than half a century of experience governing at the federal level. Donald Trump technically has four years, but given that during his first stint in the White House, Trump spent more time on the golf course than guiding legislation through Congress, Biden has a major experience and intellectual advantage that he is putting to use during his final days in office.
Trump angrily posted on Truth Social, “Biden is doing everything possible to make the TRANSITION as difficult as as possible, from Lawfare such as has never been seen before, to costly and ridiculous Executive Orders on the Green New Scam and other money wasting Hoaxes. Fear not, these “Orders” will all be terminated shortly, and we will become a Nation of Common Sense and Strength. MAGA!!!”
Apparently, what triggered Trump was Biden’s use of a 1953 law to ban the expansion of offshore drilling in US waters.
Trump thinks that he can overturn the order when takes office, as I wrote in The Daily, he can’t, “On the issue of offshore drilling, it could take years for the matter to work its way to the Supreme Court and for the court to rule on the Biden ban. Even if the court overturned it, Trump could be on his way out of office before it happened, and the next Democratic president could reinstitute the Biden ban. There aren’t enough votes for it in the House and Senate to reverse a Biden ban, so it looks like this move by Biden will screw up a big part of the Trump agenda.”
The law has no provision to reverse Biden’s order. Trump can try to issue an executive order reversing Biden’s order, but his administration will be immediately sued and likely lose in court because Biden got a record number of federal judges confirmed during his term. Plus, this matter was already litigated during Barack Obama’s second term, so Trump will have an uphill battle at best.
Donald Trump remains ten steps behind.
Joe Biden outsmarted Donald Trump, but the president-elect doesn’t even know it yet.
What do you think about Biden outsmarting Trump? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
