美國當選總統喬·拜登

拜登贏得2020年美國總統大選後，特朗普拒絕承認敗選，直到最近才按照慣例允許現任政府機構官員與拜登過渡團隊進行協調權力交接。但特朗普在國防部任命的一些官員最近又對交接工作進行牴觸。

當地時間18日，即將上任的美國當選總統拜登警告，五角大樓突然停止向過渡團隊通報情況，這可能會給國家安全帶來風險。

拜登的過渡團隊稱，他們週四被告知，與國防部的會談將會被擱置。對此，拜登過渡團隊執行主任約翰內斯·亞伯拉罕（Yohannes Abraham）表示，雙方本已有限的合作在本週突然中斷，令他感到擔憂。

The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden warned Friday of risks to national security after it said the Pentagon suddenly halted briefings for the transition team.

Yohannes Abraham, executive director for the Biden transition team, said he was "concerned to learn this week about an abrupt halt in the already limited cooperation there."

President Trump, a republican, who is refusing to acknowledge his election loss to Biden, until recently held back from allowing government agencies to cooperate with Biden's team, as is the custom.

But some of Trump's political appointees in the defense department have recently stopped cooperating, according to Abraham.

文章表示，米勒的舉動震驚了整個國防部，五角大樓官員們對米勒下此決定的原因一無所知，並且此次是迄今為止特朗普政府高層對拜登團隊敵意和不信任最嚴重的一次爆發。

對於米勒的決定，美國國防部一名高階官員試圖為其“打圓場”。他表示，暫停的原因是如今會議的數量已經讓參加會議的國防部工作人員不堪重負，最後幾次預定的會議將推遲到新年之後。

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.

Miller's move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.摘自美國Axios新聞網文章

美國代理國防部長克里斯托弗·米勒

週五早些時候，米勒在一份宣告中證實了這一說法。米勒稱，一些會議將會被重新安排，但沒有一個會議被取消或拒絕，而且，五角大樓和拜登過渡團隊都同意，從19日開始為期兩週的休會。

然而，拜登過渡團隊卻表示，雙方並沒有就休會一事達成共識。亞伯拉罕表示，由於過渡時間很緊張，在此期間繼續進行簡報和其他活動非常重要，如若會談被擱置很有可能會延誤2021年1月的總統就職典禮。

Earlier on Friday, acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said in a statement that some meetings have been rescheduled but none have been canceled or refused, saying the department and the transition team had agreed to a two-week pause in discussions over the December holiday period.

Abraham said this was not true. "There was no mutually agreed upon holiday break," he told reporters, warning that "a failure to work together could have consequences well beyond" Biden's inauguration in January.

按照傳統來說，即將卸任和即將上任的美國政府之間的權力交接本是經過精心策劃的，但今年美國似乎正經歷最難總統權力交接。