Trump set for precedent breaking lame-duck period
By Morgan Chalfant - 11/26/20 06:00 AM EST
President Trump's final 50 days in the White House are shaping up to be as precedent-breaking as the rest of his tenure, which has deeply divided the nation and ended with him becoming the first president in nearly 30 years to be defeated after one term.
Trump is likely to sign a handful of executive orders in his last weeks in office in order to cement his agenda on immigration, China and other matters, and he may grant more pardons after giving clemency to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser.
Trump must sign legislation to prevent a government shutdown in December and will continue to preside over a pandemic that is worsening over the holiday season. His administration will also oversee the beginning of the delivery of a coronavirus vaccine.
Perhaps most significantly, Trump is likely to continue to insist he won the election and that it was stolen from him despite evidence showing President-elect Joe Biden defeated him by more than 5 million votes and nearly 70 more electoral votes. This is likely to continue to feed conspiracy theories believed by millions of Americans that will make Biden's efforts to govern more difficult.
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