When Howard Lutnick, the pugnacious CEO of the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, strode on stage at Madison Square Garden in the presidential campaign’s waning days, he looked all-powerful. The billionaire told the New York City rally that victory was near. “Donald Trump is going to build the greatest team to ever walk into government,” he […]
Heath Brown
Heath Brown, an associate professor of public policy at the City University of New York, has written two books on presidential transitions, including the forthcoming Roadblocked: Joe Biden’s Rocky Transition to the Presidency, from which this article is adapted.
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No Transition Team Should Confront the Roadblocks Faced in 2020
No Transition Team Should Confront the Roadblocks Faced in 2020. The Trump administration did not handle the 2020 transition responsibly. Even though it means cooperating with the Trump transition team, the Biden administration must do better.
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Even Without the January 6 Insurrection, the 2021 Presidential Transition Was Not Good. Are We Ready For 2025?
Four years ago, the Trump administration’s cooperation with Biden’s team was inconsistent at best. Can the two camps set aside their differences and properly plan for another transition?
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The Only Kept Secret in Washington
Fifty years ago, months before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, a small group of White House staffers quietly planned for the ascension of Gerald Ford. Not even Nixon or Ford knew.
