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You know, From KQBD Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, presidents have often used the lame duck period to take some of their most unpopular and controversial actions.

Pardons, for example,

firings and more. So with a defiant and erratic president like Trump, what will he do in the period where he no longer has to worry about re-election but keeps all the powers of the presidency?

We look at a lame duck Trump and what Congress and the GOP could do to contain any damage.

Next on Forum, join us. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. President-elect Biden announced today his 13-member

Coronavirus Task Force, and his telegraph plans for rejoining the Paris Climate Accord,

repealing the so-called

Muslim travel ban, and more. But even as Biden begins the transition process, many Republican

leaders have held off on congratulating him, as Trump has refused to acknowledge defeat,

and is pursuing recounts and election lawsuits, even as many legal analysts say they're unlikely to stand up in court.

In this hour, we look at what Trump's behavior signals for the transition and lame duck period.

Joining us is David Frum, staff writer at the Atlantic, and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

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