The article discusses the dual nature of the presidential transition during the second Trump administration, contrasting the official transition with a deeper political shift. Ezra Klein reflects on the ceremonial aspects of the transition, contrasting it with the underlying tensions from the Trump era. He emphasizes the impact of recent events, including President Biden's controversial pardon of Hunter Biden, which stirred criticism not only from Republicans but also from within the Democratic Party. The piece highlights ongoing power dynamics and the evolving expectations of political leadership in the U.S.
This transition, the official transition of presidential power, has been orderly. But there has been this other transition happening to a transition not of power, but of political system.
I understood Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden. Hunter had become a particular fixation of the Trumpist right. The idea that they would unleash their revenge on him seemed all too real.
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