Trump power rales

Donald Trump, already a sad memory but still a disturbing present, however much he may kick, has no chance of prolonging the US presidency beyond next January 20th. There are still two long months to go and, unless a miracle occurs, the rales of his power are still threatening and may still cause some displeasure. 

Hardly anyone who does not follow US policy very closely knows that there is no such thing as a European, almost universal, area of government in office during the transition. Joe Biden is the president-elect and the one who arouses all the interest and hopes, but until he reaches the Oval Office, it is Trump who will continue to rule.

It is normal and desirable that the two presidents, the one leaving and the one entering, should already begin to reach a consensus on decisions or at least to exchange their opinions. This is traditional and logical, but does not imply that the president about to end his mandate is no longer the one who has the last word. Trump can continue to govern until the last moment as he has done up to now. 

And it is more than likely that he will do so by incorporating into his crazy career some unsuspected element in which he will turn the anger and lack of democratic sense he has displayed for four years and, especially in these days when, far from acknowledging his defeat, he continues to maintain that he is the winner.

It does not seem that his persistence in proving election fraud will prosper no matter how much money he invests in paying expensive lawyers and, you know, the occasional bribe. He has some experience in this. As the phrase "God helps those who help themselves" suggests, it seems difficult for him to be resigned and to moderate his impulses in the short term. 

So far, he has made decisions as drastic and complex as removing the head of the Pentagon. This is revenge for his refusal to back his plans to suppress demonstrations. As a New York friend says, the case with the nuclear keys is still in his hands. In short, it is not a question of scaring anyone, but to be prepared for any surprise.