How Trump’s 'dangerous game of chicken' puts the 'security of the country' at risk: expert

17 October 2024

Former Donald Trump officials, such as ex-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, have called the 2024 GOP nominee a "threat to democracy," according to nationalsecurityaction.org.

In an op-ed published by Rolling Stone Thursday, Heath Brown, an assistant professor of public policy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, sounded the alarm on Trump's "dangerous game" that will risk "the safety an security of the country."

Brown writes, "Ominous signs right now suggest Trump’s plan for this transition is chaotic and risky, flouting rules established to keep the country safe and secure," but "most worrisome about the Trump planning, though, is the dangerous game of chicken he is playing with the outgoing Biden White House."

The public policy expert noted, "We recently learned that the Trump transition team has not yet signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the General Services Administration or the White House, missing deadlines established to ensure careful planning and cooperation occurs before and after the election (the Harris-Walz transition team signed its MOU in mid-September)."

Brown then lays out what exactly this means.

"The Trump transition team — should he win in November — will not receive the assistance the government offers to major party candidates, including millions of dollars in federal assistance, free office space and information technology, and access to federal experts," he writes. "Any transition team choosing to opt out of these services is at best foolish. At worst, it’s risking the safety and security of the country, and depriving the president-elect of the information needed to effectively govern on day one.

Brown's full commentary is available at this link (subscription required).

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