President Joe Biden will likely now use the two-month lame-duck period before the transfer of power to Trump-proof parts of his legacy.
In August, the Washington Examiner published a three-part series ahead of the election, which investigated how Biden and his administration were working ahead of time to do that very thing.
From pumping out regulations to insulating government scientists to enshrining foreign policy commitments, the administration will leave behind policies that will be procedurally difficult or politically costly to abandon
Here is a reminder of our series:
Biden administration, Congress, and unions try to ‘Trump-proof’ science
The Biden administration has been working overtime to “Trump-proof” science before the president’s exit, putting protections in place to shield government scientists from political interference.
“The Trump administration regularly suppressed, downplayed, or simply ignored scientific research demonstrating the need for regulation to protect public health and the environment,” wrote Romany Webb, deputy director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School.
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Biden administration rulemaking blitzes aim to ‘Trump-proof’ federal government
The Biden administration finalized hundreds of regulations this spring, putting them out of reach of a quick repeal should Trump retake the presidency.
Among the regulations, Biden is hoping to solidify environmental measures Republicans have decried as unnecessary and harmful to consumers, efforts to protect the federal workforce that the GOP calls the “deep state,” and an attempt to rewrite Title IX regulations at colleges across the country.
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Biden’s ‘Trump-proofing’ foreign policy revolves around Ukraine and NATO
Before Biden dropped out of the election, he hosted NATO’s 75-year anniversary summit in Washington, D.C. A major theme of the summit was limiting Ukraine’s reliance on U.S. support, instead providing some roles to the alliance in the event Trump were to win in November given concerns that he could limit or end U.S. support for Ukraine.
In order to ensure lasting support for Ukraine, NATO agreed to set up a new command base in Germany to coordinate military training for Ukrainian forces, a new center for NATO-Ukraine cooperation in Poland, as well as a long-term pledge to provide billions of dollars to Ukraine. Making Ukraine less reliant on the United States now allows it to prepare for the possibility that Trump could curtail U.S. support for Kyiv upon returning to the White House, and it could make it more difficult for him to achieve.
This article was originally published at www.washingtonexaminer.com
