President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday railed against outgoing President Joe Biden and his policies, telling a press conference that although the administration has promised a smooth transition, it has not happened for several reasons.

“We are inheriting a difficult situation from the outgoing administration, and they’re trying everything they can to make it more difficult,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “Inflation is continuing to rage, and interest rates are far too high, and I’ve been disappointed to see the Biden administration’s attempts to block the reforms of the American people and what they voted for.”

For example, Trump said, Biden took actions on offshore drilling Monday that “will not stand.”

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