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PREVIEW: #LAME-DUCK: Conversation with John Bolton writing in the WSJ re: the history of risks for lame-duck presidents from the election to the Inauguration -- and the extra risk now with more than 100 days added. More later.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

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PREVIEW: #LAME-DUCK: Conversation with John Bolton writing in the WSJ re: the history of risks for lame-duck presidents from the election to the Inauguration -- and the extra risk now with more than 100 days added. More later.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piento Ferries, there is another way.

0:29.0

This is John Bachelor, conversation with former National Security Advisor John Bolt, writing at the

0:35.6

Wall Street Journal editorial page about Lame Duck Presidents and what risks are they in a lame duck period. We now enter in a lame

0:44.9

that's longer than usual. This doesn't begin with the defeat or the vouch

0:50.6

safing of a new president. It begins now with the torch being passed to Vice President

0:56.8

Harris with President Biden, whatever his health remains the lame duck and will there be a bad actor to take advantage

1:07.9

it's happened in the past will it happen again?

1:10.3

John Bolton, the lame duck risk of the United States right now, uncharted.

1:16.7

More of this later.

1:17.7

No, I think in fact because the lame duck period has begun earlier during the election, which is likely to be close.

1:25.5

I mean, you can debate whether Harris has a chance or whether Trump is destined to win in any event but I think I think the electoral college vote

1:35.0

could still be close it will not be the blowout that the Trump campaign was

1:39.2

expecting with Biden in the race and And the closeness of the race

1:44.4

is itself an opportunity for foreign adversaries.

1:47.3

So I do think there's a lot to worry about.

1:49.6

That's really why I wrote the piece.

1:51.0

I wanted to ring the fire bell for people to acknowledge this

1:55.0

this uncharted territory that we're in.

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