It’s hard to believe, but Joe Biden is still president of the United States. It’s a long fifty-six days until Donald Trump becomes president again and Biden is taking steps almost every day to Trump-proof the country and the world. The only thing he can count on is Democrats and the media doing their best to stop him. As I wrote two weeks ago, Biden is doing everything he can to protect the Swamp. He’s trying to move all of his (and Obama’s) political appointees into regular civil service jobs so they can’t be fired. There are ways around this — reductions in force, for example — but they involve a lot of delay and litigation. The changes Biden — really the people making decisions for old, demented, Joe — go beyond our borders. They affect our allies and enemies. Some can be dismantled easily by Trump when he gets into office, some will be hard, and some will be impossible to reverse. On the easy to dismantle side are the sanctions Biden placed last week on Israeli civilians and business entities in the West Bank. The added sanctions are just one more Biden shot at the Israelis. He’s been their worst ally since Obama. Trump can, and will, reverse that decision. Not so easy to reverse are Biden’s actions on Ukraine. Ever since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Biden’s people — Secretary of State Tony Blinkey (our worst secretary of state by far) and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan (and whoever else is making Biden’s decisions) — have taken a stand-offish, passive aggressive role. Now, they seem to want a war with Russia. Biden’s people began by authorizing the use of the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to attack targets inside Russia. They, and the UK-supplied “Storm Shadow” missiles, were used last week to hit Russian assets inside Russia proper. The Russians replied by launching an intermediate-range ballistic missile, carrying multiple independently-targeted reentry vehicles (MIRVs) into Ukraine. Putin has been threatening to attack any country that supplied weapons used to attack Russia. Putin has also revised Russian nuclear doctrine to support use of nuclear weapons in response to such attacks. (READ MORE from Jed Babbin: Hegseth and Ratcliffe Face Big Challenges) Biden has also authorized Ukraine to use anti-personnel mines which had been banned by Obama for “humanitarian” reasons. Why did Blinken and Sullivan authorize the ATACMS and Storm Shadow strikes now? Why the use of anti-personnel mines? Because they want to tie Trump’s hands in a bigger war. The UK is preparing for an attack on it or its foreign assets. I’m betting that we’re as prepared for a Russian strike as we were for the 2012 attack on our Benghazi embassy. Which is to say that we will be totally unprepared if Russia attacks any American asset anywhere. Biden is also forgiving $4.7 billion in loans to Ukraine and pushing more billions in aid to Ukraine before Trump is inaugurated again. Trump won’t be able to re-impose the terms of those loans and cancel the billions in other aid. Biden is also pushing to give another $61 billion to Ukraine. Trump’s ability to end that plan is hampered, as I’ve written, by his unwisely making the Republican’s House majority smaller by appointing House Republicans to his new administration. Before all of this, Biden and Co. always shied away, fearing most any escalation of any war. This fear of escalation, and the appeasement that goes with it, has been Biden’s only strategy. This goes back to the beginning of the war in 2022 when Biden denied the Polish government permission to supply about two dozen MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, which Ukrainian pilots had been flying for decades. The MiGs could have made an enormous difference in the early days of the war. Instead, Ukraine has had to wait until this summer for U.S.-made F-16s, some of which are now flying with Ukrainian pilots. Too little, too late. Biden has — until now — been satisfied with that war’s stalemate. The fear of escalation has been a major fear of the Biden crew in the war Hamas started with Israel on October 7, 2023. Blinken and Sullivan have made Biden enamored of cease-fire deals in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Fortunately, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has ignored them. Netanyahu has nearly — and systematically — destroyed Hamas and is now doing the same for Hizballah in Lebanon. Biden continues, even in his debilitated state, to meet with foreign leaders and appease them. In his recent meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, Xi said America dare not cross four red lines, which is said were: Taiwan, the issue of “human rights,” the Chinese communist system, and China’s “development rights,” which can only mean China’s ambitions in the South China Sea. Not a peep of objection did Biden make to Xi’s “red lines.” Biden, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s help, is trying to confirm as many federal judges as he can before January 20. No matter how incompetent or radical — or both — Chuckie will confirm Biden’s nominees. Tying Trump’s Hands According to a Washington Times report, Biden’s crew is also pushing out billions of dollars to tie Trump’s hands on health and climate issues. According to that report, Biden’s crew is also pushing out more economy-strangling regulations before they are booted out the door. Again, according to the Times, “Congress approved four major bills under Mr. Biden’s watch that created roughly $4.8 trillion in new spending. The laws include the $1.9 trillion stimulus package; a $1.2 trillion infrastructure law to improve the nation’s roads and bridges; a $1.2 trillion health, climate, and tax law; and a $52 billion bill to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S.” (READ MORE: Undoing Biden: Trump’s First-Month Agenda) The Times reports that, while the Biden regime has already dispensed about 98 percent of that money, Biden’s crew is rushing to dispense the remaining $46 billion that is available in fiscal 2025. Just more good money going after bad. Trump will try to cancel Biden’s actions, seeking to recoup some of that money but it will be very hard to do. The House Republicans, with such a tiny majority, will be their fractious selves, limiting what they can do. And that’s only half of it. Biden has reportedly removed more barriers — if that is even possible — to illegal immigration. That’s a direct challenge to Trump’s ability to deport the illegals which he has promised to do. Biden’s enormous spending has already caused the inflation that Americans suffer every day. Continuing this spending will create barriers to Trump’s ability to reduce inflation. Biden & Co. know that. Even after January 20, Schumer will delay confirmation of Trump’s cabinet and sub-cabinet members as much as he can. There’s a lot to be said in favor of what Trump wants to do. The only thing he can count on is Democrats and the media doing their best to stop him. Trump 2.0 will have no “honeymoon” with any of them. The post Biden Is Trump-Proofing the World appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.