On January 20th, Donald John Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, and Joe Biden will be packed off to Rehoboth Beach, or one of his other domiciles, not that he'll know the difference. Then, at last, the country can breathe a sigh of relief. But in the meantime, the presidential transition is still underway; the dismantling of one presidential administration to allow for the seamless transfer of power to another is a complex task.

So far, the presidential transition after the election has (as these things always do) had its ups and downs. But a Gallup survey released Friday reveals that the American people are viewing Trump's transition favorably - by a narrow margin, but still, better than the 2016 transition.

Fifty-one percent of Americans approve of the way President-elect Trump has handled his presidential transition, according to a new Gallup survey.

It’s a slightly higher number than in December 2016, when 48 percent said they felt positive about the Trump transition compared to 48 percent who felt negative.

In the new Gallup poll, 44 percent disapproved of the transition.

There's a catch - there's always a catch.

Still, the 51 percent who approve of Trump’s transtion pales compared to some other presidents. 

Sixty-eight percent approved of how President Biden handled his transition in 2020, and 83  percent approved of former President Obama’s transition in December 2008 after his election win.

In January 2001, former President George W. Bush received 65 percent approval for his transition, and former President Clinton had a 67 percent approval rating for his presidential transition in December 1992.

There's a very good reason why this might be the case.

First: The approvals are probably augmented some by the fact that Trump is succeeding Joe Biden, whose presidency has been much like an entire train full of burning dumpsters and porta-potties crashing into a dunce cap factory that sits on the corner of Ineffective Avenue and Clueless Street. But no American political figure in recent history has been the recipient of as much vitriol from the legacy media as Donald Trump, and that has to be coloring some of this perception.

Second: Trump is, well, Trump, and it's sometimes hard for people to keep up with all of the ideas and trial balloons he continually throws out.

Third: The election just past was hard-fought, the Democrats put up a candidate who was so weak as to be truly tiresome, and a fair amount of the population is good and tired of politics.

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Still, the transition isn't the presidency. Donald Trump clearly has some big plans; unlike Joe Biden, he intends to be a transformative president, much more so than the first time. Part of this transition is the team he's putting together. Gallup can ask people about the transition all they like - but on January 20th, that's when the rubber meets the road.

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