Outgoing President Joe Biden has gotten himself on the naughty list – and not the good kind of naughty list. He betrayed a time-honored tradition that has made America exceptional among nations for most of the last 227 years: the peaceful transition and relinquishment of power. Keyword being ‘relinquish’.

Not since John Adams and the Federalists of 1801 has a president attempted to project his influence into the subsequent administration, and that includes You-Know-Who in 2020.