The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, I'd do it in the last three days.
Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.
People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.