Swammerdami
Squadron Leader
The present Administration will be in power until Noon, 20 January 2025. The incoming Trumpists are displaying their contempt for the country and the rule of law; things will become bleak. What can Biden and other supporters of democracy and justice do to salvage what they can in their two months remaining?
I hope people will come up with good ideas. I'll start with a few thoughts of my own. In some cases these will seem to play into Trumpist hands. ("See? The Ds are just as evil as we've always said.") But I don't think that matters. The Rs are too far-gone down the rabbit-hole of ignorance; and I expect the transgressions of Trump and his cabal to be so severe that a few actions by Biden will almost pass unnoticed. In many cases these executive actions may seem to exceed Presidential authority but ... So what? If now is not the time to play hardball, when is?
Biden can ship huge amounts of munitions and other help to Ukraine, and to Ukraine-allied countries in what remains of NATO. Emergency aid might be also directed to other allies (South Korea? Taiwan?) likely to be abandoned by Trump.
Biden could offer amnesty and unconditional pardons to all undocumented immigrants. Pardons would also be granted to all fed employees who carry out Biden's executive orders.
In collusion with some private organization, Biden could offer a good severance package for important people at DoJ and the Intelligence community who are soon to be fired by the Trumpists. It might be possible to set up new private companies to pursue some of the environmental, intelligence, and prosecution tasks that will disappear under Trump. U.S. expertise in drug development -- which RFK Jr. is committed to destroy -- might be given to a private company or a foreign country.
These examples are extreme, and I'm not qualified to espouse them. But what are the smart ideas of how Biden should spend his last two months?
I hope people will come up with good ideas. I'll start with a few thoughts of my own. In some cases these will seem to play into Trumpist hands. ("See? The Ds are just as evil as we've always said.") But I don't think that matters. The Rs are too far-gone down the rabbit-hole of ignorance; and I expect the transgressions of Trump and his cabal to be so severe that a few actions by Biden will almost pass unnoticed. In many cases these executive actions may seem to exceed Presidential authority but ... So what? If now is not the time to play hardball, when is?
Biden can ship huge amounts of munitions and other help to Ukraine, and to Ukraine-allied countries in what remains of NATO. Emergency aid might be also directed to other allies (South Korea? Taiwan?) likely to be abandoned by Trump.
Biden could offer amnesty and unconditional pardons to all undocumented immigrants. Pardons would also be granted to all fed employees who carry out Biden's executive orders.
In collusion with some private organization, Biden could offer a good severance package for important people at DoJ and the Intelligence community who are soon to be fired by the Trumpists. It might be possible to set up new private companies to pursue some of the environmental, intelligence, and prosecution tasks that will disappear under Trump. U.S. expertise in drug development -- which RFK Jr. is committed to destroy -- might be given to a private company or a foreign country.
These examples are extreme, and I'm not qualified to espouse them. But what are the smart ideas of how Biden should spend his last two months?
Last edited:
