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Trump’s transition is already drawing warnings that the chaos could get worse
Even before the new administration had formally taken over, outside watchdogs and observers were warning that Trump’s refusal to run a normal transition was creating avoidable risks. The issue was not abstract process fetishism; it was the nuts and bolts of how an incoming White House gets briefed, vetted, and prepared to govern. That mattered because the same operation that was treating standard handoff procedures like optional accessories would soon be responsible for national security, staffing, and every other piece of federal machinery that hates being winged.