Posted on 09/14/2025 6:14:50 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump and his team are crowing about the downsizing of the federal bureaucracy, which is set to shrink by tens of thousands more on Sept. 30 when workers who took a DOGE buyout hang it up.
But if Trump’s goal was to dismantle the workforce he calls the “deep state” — and blames for the failings of his first term — he’s got a long way to go. Although he’s disrupted swaths of the government, the vast majority of career federal employees who avoided the firings of the past seven months are sticking it out, according to Labor Department statistics and the White House’s own admission.
Many of those who’ve chosen to remain are keeping their heads down. Some aren’t — and their open defiance of Trump administration policies may make it harder for the administration to achieve Trump’s goals — much like Trump complained they did in his first term.
At the end of the day, career staffers still believe that politicians come and go and it’s them who will persevere, the survivors told POLITICO.
“They are staying in their jobs — the vast majority of people, even though they could get a job somewhere else or look for a job somewhere else,” said Rushab Sanghvi, general counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees, whose bargaining agreements at at least six agencies Trump has sought to scuttle. “There will be a new administration, with new priorities.”
For many, that’s true, but for others, such as those in highly specialized fields like foreign aid, the job market for former government workers is limited. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Sept. 9 it likely over-estimated past job growth by hundreds of thousands, painting a grimmer picture of the employment market than previously thought.
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Just a friendly reminder that our country is fuc••d.
Yep.
The 'deep state' is proving Americans it’s a worthy foe
I would say it is still an uphill battle to restore this nation to being a constitutional republic. But at least we are making rather than losing progress for the first time in my life.
One has to flush many times to remove all the shi...er...DemocRATz.
Gee, remember when anyone who talked about a Deep State was branded a conspiracy theorist?
My, how the narrative has shifted.
Personally, I think Trump is a speed bump (maybe a huge one). But after Trump, the trajectory will remain the same.
Treasonous behaviors hit them in the wallet.
They are their own little fiefdom with financial & logistical assets to support itself through more than a single administration.
All they have to do is ‘pause’ (in the face of their failure at Butler, etc.).
Trump is less than a year into his four year term. A little early for anyone to claim victory.
And for the especially large turds, a plunger or a Roto-Rooter are necessary.
And when Trump is no longer POTUS in January 2029, or sooner, if the DEMs retake the House starting in January 2027?
Really, Erin?
My, how the narrative has shifted.
Trump forced the Deep State to reveal itself.
And our worthless GOPe congress/senate won’t do anything...ever. Except spend money and run up the debt. President Trump is on his own. I thought at the end of the Carter days things would get better with these elected criminals, how wrong I was to this minute.
A year ago Politco was denying the existence of the deep state. Trump has moved Overton’s Window.
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