Apparently, President Trump made a rare post-election appearance today in a laughable effort to take credit for the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting 30,000 for the first time in history. Of course, progress on COVID-19 vaccines has something to do with the market’s optimism, but the far larger factor is that the election finally seems settled, and not in Trump’s favor. And, even if want to be generous and give Trump some props for the Operation Warp Speed program that has promoted research on vaccines, his allowing the pandemic to grow out of control is actually a gigantic drag on the economy. His appearance reportedly lasted less than a minute and then he left without taking any questions.
Meanwhile, Biden administration-in-waiting is starting to take form. The General Service Administration finally “ascertained” that Biden and Harris were the winners and released the transition money. The national defense team (sans the Defense Secretary and CIA director) were formally introduced in Wilmington, Delaware. Separately, the next Treasury Secretary will be former Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellin.
Life goes on, while Trump bleats like a lost sheep.
There’s plenty more to say, but I just want to savor this moment.
I actually teared up during the Biden meeting today when he introduced his foreign policy team. Public servants all, vastly qualified. Just wonderful.
Awww…. keep your tissues handy! 🙂
I just told my wife earlier today that in the last 36 hours I’ve started to feel a reality setting in that Trump is actually done. I’m not unrealistic, however. There is still a lot of destruction to be wrought by him over the next few weeks, and he is going to go down in a blaze of rage, hatred, and vengeance; but he’s actually going down. Trump is becoming a little less relevant and a little less the center of attention every day. I never fully exhaled in the days following November 3, and I won’t until Joe Biden lowers his hand after taking the oath of office. But every day I feel another little piece of weight falling off my psyche and just the slightest bit of healing to my mental well being. I feel as if I have been held hostage and tortured for the last four years by an abusive, deranged person. And the reality is, I have. Some of the scars will likely never heal. But a large part of me might actually stand a chance of being made whole again. There are still a lot of very rough days ahead for all of us. But pondering what could have been, had we lost, is just unfathomable. We were truly standing at the edge of a precipice, with our feet half over the edge, staring into an unimaginable horror. And at least for the moment, we are able to step back just a bit. The relief for me is beyond words or measure.
Really relate to what you wrote
Recently, I have not been waking in the morning with sore jaws from clenching my teeth in my somewhat fitful sleep
Right now, I am just relieved. Seeing news conferences where a President-Elect does mundane President-Elect stuff is something that takes away a burden that I have carried since Trump came down a gaudy golden elevator to announce his candidacy in 2015. So many of us have lost so much, physically and psychologically. I am no exception. As a nation, we’ve come as close as possible to witnessing the demise of our republic as was humanly possible. There are dark days ahead. Make no mistake about that. In the meantime, let’s make good use of our reprieve. Donating time and money to a couple GA Senate run-offs is one good use of a reprieve.