There’s something absurd about Donald Trump announcing something as politically quotidian as a transition team. A figure so patently chaotic and disinterested in the grind of governing — who spends campaign speeches weighing up whether he’d rather die at the hands of a shark or electrocution, and who spent his last time in office sneaking in as much time in front of the TV as he could — actually preparing for another stint in the White House? It’s like watching the Joker fill out a tax return.
Luckily, the announcement of key appointments to his team was typically Trumpian, capping off a particularly wild week for US politics.
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