President Donald Trump made two rare post-Election Day appearances in front of TV cameras today -- in both of which he touted stock market gains that have little to do with his leadership.
Trump then appeared alongside the first lady to issue an all-important turkey pardon.
It's a presidential tradition full of showmanship, largely devoid of substance, with Trump center stage. It seems to be one of his favorite traditions, and a potential indicator of what's to come.
Consider this observation from Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman in The New York Times:
"In some ways, Mr. Trump had seemed to imagine his Washington life more closely resembling a rolling turkey pardon — the pomp and splendor, yes, but also a world largely amenable to his boss-man bearing and binary whims: This bird is spared. Those birds are not. He'd have his people call the turkey people and hammer out the fine print later. But through it all, his word would be final."
What the turkey pardon says about Trump's transition
There are already signs we'll likely see more ceremonies centered on pomp and circumstance than other political events over the next 57 days. We have seen Trump on camera only a handful of times since his election loss. No one is holding their breath for a traditional White House confab between outgoing Trump and President-elect Joe Biden, or even a normal concession speech.
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37841/pages
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37842/pages
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37843/pages
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37851/pages
https://ebrschools.instructure.com/courses/4077/pages
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37848/pages
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37844/pages
https://boxelder.instructure.com/courses/37846/pages
https://onlinegdb.com/rkliVAX39w
https://paiza.io/projects/d5PAqnKEZAc5U8Ma2sl-Mw?language=php
http://facebookhitlist.com/forum/topics/president-donald-trump-finally-met-his-match-in-aaron-van
https://caribbeanfever.com/photo/albums/trump-s-efforts-to-deny-biden-the-white-house-traveled
https://minimore.com/b/1TbTf/1
https://www.milesplit.com/discussion/171178
https://note.com/merlinec/n/n81903b04e2db
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/merlinec/e/64bd2b97ad242272d9b487ef05e3e7c3
http://recampus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/president-donald-trump-made-two-public-appearances-on-tuesday
http://sfbats.ning.com/profiles/blogs/president-donald-trump-s-campaign-has-gone-quiet
http://www.easymarks.org/link/123686/the-trump-campaign-is-asking-that-appeals-court-to-hear-its-bid-to-block-the-effect-of-tuesday-s
https://www.88posts.com/post/262352/donald-trump-has-lost-twitter-followers-every-day-this-week
https://www.topfind123.com/site/48377/a-michigan-senate-committee-will-meet-next-week-to-discuss-vote-counting-in-detroit
https://ideone.com/6VhOFs
https://controlc.com/331c46da
https://pastebin.com/Wk01qwGx
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/nnsP3hTkbz/
https://paste.by/sZ4xU4QK8X
https://pastebin.freeswitch.org/view/090402fb
https://paste.centos.org/view/d753f118
https://paste.ee/p/PYSeV
https://p.teknik.io/JDN0w
http://pastebin.falz.net/1834190
https://paste.ofcode.org/qmf7M82MEKLrQJp4gAmytw
https://www.pastery.net/gsbscq/
https://0paste.com/110232
https://paste.laravel.io/8d1bc6e5-1c88-4a2b-b10f-7fc131c67d51
http://paste.jp/77bf35b2/
http://www.mpaste.com/p/UyFie
https://paste2.org/E3BZPAfz
https://paste.in/qK5W8Q
https://friendpaste.com/3dhMmLA4J99d2lEmH9rTJu
https://paste.firnsy.com/paste/Q5D4Sh90OF4
https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/ac690267
https://www.heypasteit.com/clip/0IVDJX
https://paste.tbee-clan.de/B7GwS
https://bpa.st/VH3A
https://justpaste.it/34v45
http://paste.org.ru/?fpzuoi
https://pasteio.com/xvxfZKaKHXx9
http://nopaste.ceske-hry.cz/349786
https://www.links4seo.com/site/48379/president-donald-trump-s-campaign-announced-tuesday-that-the-arizona
http://beterhbo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/donald-trump-has-proven-a-loser-yet-again-today-as-joe-biden-s
https://cox.tribe.so/post/president-donald-trump-s-push-to-subvert-the-2020-election-results-took-a-p--5fbebb2618ea104a15bff236
https://jsfiddle.net/kepinajach/mt6wna3o/