American politicians are gateways through which lobbyists hand off legislation. Blinken is the one running US foreign policy (watch him in the audience or behind Biden every time Biden speaks publicly, wincing at every fuck-up Biden does that damages Blinken's ongoing attempts to run the empire) and would continue to run it until the new President replaces the cabinet/staff with their own picks... At which point their own picks would be the ones running the empire.
American politicians are gateways through which lobbyists hand off legislation. Blinken is the one running US foreign policy (watch him in the audience or behind Biden every time Biden speaks publicly, wincing at every fuck-up Biden does that damages Blinken's ongoing attempts to run the empire) and would continue to run it until the new President replaces the cabinet/staff with their own picks... At which point their own picks would be the ones running the empire.