The conciliatory words offered by Barack Obama upon Donald Trump’s post-election visit to the White House — owing him “an open mind and the chance to lead” and “rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country” — appear to have been little more than empty words. Shocking, we know. Since the election, Obama has actively and aggressively sought to do everything in his power to stymie Trump’s stated agenda of reversing many of Obama’s failed socialist policies.

To that end, the Washington Free Beacon reports, “The Obama administration set a new record Thursday by producing 527 pages worth of new rules and regulations in a single day, bringing the president’s Federal Register up to 81,640 total pages for 2016, the most ever.” Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry announced at the UN climate conference in Morocco that the U.S. is setting a new long term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050. That’s on top of Obama’s recent signing of the Paris Agreement. Trump has been clear in his plan to remove the U.S. from the agreement due to the damage it would cause to the economy and his skepticism over supposedly “settled climate science.”

Obama is figuratively pouring concrete into Washington’s toilets, making Trump’s job of cleaning the DC sewer that much more difficult and time consuming.

On a final note, though, if Trump’s choices for cabinet members and department heads are any indication, he is well prepared for the clean-up job. While he has often been derided for his ego and being overly sensitive to criticism, the choices Trump is making are quite encouraging. For example, Trump plans to meet with Mitt Romney to discuss a cabinet post rumored to be that of secretary of state. That would be quite a remarkable instance of the two men burying the hatchet. Trump clearly understands that being a good CEO means surrounding yourself with the best talent out there in order to achieve the desired goals — goals that include dismantling Obama’s awful legacy.