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How to Prepare for the Day After

| November 20, 2016

As President-elect Donald Trump's transition continues with an unprecedented level of confusion and delay, it is worth noting that this, in fact, is the easy part. Transitions from one administration to another are so formalized and organized at this stage — buoyed by a congressional statute that lays out the process and protocols — that nothing but utter mismanagement can explain what is unfolding.

Complaints about the transition, irrespective of controversial and unqualified personnel whose names are being floated, are not a partisan gripe. Transitions are generally taken seriously, because anything can happen on Day One. Trump won, and he must be prepared to immediately govern....

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For Academic Citation: Kayyem, Juliette.“How to Prepare for the Day After.” CNN, November 20, 2016.

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Juliette Kayyem

  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Faculty Director, Homeland Security Project
  • Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
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