What can the outgoing president accomplish until the end of his term, and which of his policies will endure even after Biden’s inauguration?
What surprises will Trump’s last month and a half in office bring?
During the interval from the election to Inauguration Day in America, the incumbent president is known as a “lame duck.” While in Israel the transition period is brief and concludes as soon as a coalition is formed, America has to wait 75 days after the election for the president-elect to assume his place in the Oval Office.
It’s a sensitive period. Throughout history, the new president has come from a party different from the incumbent more often than not. With clear policy differences between the two, tension is inevitable. The outgoing president wants to get in as many achievements and reforms as possible before the end of his term. And now that he no longer has to worry about political considerations, he’s relatively free to focus on his legacy.
On the other hand, the president-elect is looking on impatiently and promising to deliver change. It was like that in the Obama-Trump transition, and it’s like that in the Trump-Biden transition.
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