Trump is ‘Blocking a Normal Transition’ Says Bill Clinton

While attending virtually the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Monday, Bill Clinton said that Donald Trump is obstructing President-elect Joe Biden’s chances of rebuilding America’s relationship with key allies by “blocking a normal transition”.

Bill Clinton was in conversation with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who asked whether Joe Biden’s win meant that a shift in U.S. foreign policy back toward the traditional transatlantic alliance was likely.

“One of the things that I thought all the way through this pandemic is, we think back to the time where you and I were in power, and indeed when President [George W.] Bush was in power and I was in office, there would’ve been a constant dialog on what we could do together, how we handled it, what was the right strategy,” Blair told.

The former president spoke disapprovingly of Trump’s failure to concede the election.

“I agree with that,” Clinton said. “Look, I don’t want to say too much right now because over on our side of the Atlantic, the current government in America is blocking a normal transition.”

He further added, “It’s slowed down the ability of the president-elect and his team, basically, to announce a whole slew of projects because they need to get in there to see what facts they need to see, and do basic things”.