Posted on 02/04/2025 12:25:20 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
No president in history has caused more damage to the nation more quickly. As we enter Week 3 of President Donald Trump’s second term, the chaos and disruption of his first look quaint by comparison. The country survived Trump 1. Now, it faces a real threat that the harm he inflicts during his second term will be irreparable. The United States’ standing in the world, its ability to keep the country safe, the federal government’s fundamental capacity to operate effectively — all of these will take years to repair, if that can be achieved at all.
This column will concentrate on the third piece of that trifecta: efforts to undermine the basic functioning of government. A unifying theme of much of Trump’s activity since Jan. 20 has been his unrelenting and broadscale assault on the federal workforce. In his first term, Trump railed about what he termed the “deep state” and its seeming ability to frustrate his plans. In his second, he has unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on career employees — one designed to punish those who dared to counter him or his allies; to oust or neuter those with years of expertise; and to set the stage for a new spoils system, replacing seasoned, nonpartisan career workers with compliant Trump loyalists.
“[Trump] is destroying whatever gets in the way of what he wants to do,” Max Stier, the normally mild-mannered president of the Partnership for Public Service, told me. “That includes having loyalty be the primary screen for choosing his direct lieutenants and crushing the civil service and converting it into a tool for his private agenda, as opposed to a force for the public good and the rule of law.”
Contempt for civil servants — sneering at “unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.” — is not...
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The Capital is their church.
Do they use paper still, or is this all digital? Because I want to tell the to shove it....
Slash your wrists Ruth.
This country has been under assault from Progressives since Woodrow Wilson. That’s over a hundred years. For Trump to identify the breadth of the problem in only two weeks is probably once of the most important acts of a president since Jefferson bought half of America.
Uh...its called winning, Ruth. Your side has inflicted more damage to the US than anyone since FDR.
Its being fixed before you unbelieving eyes.
Shut up and enjoy the show.
Good job, you did indeed fix that statement. 🙂👍
“Most damaging to the Democrats” they mean.
Meanwhile, after having to hunker down and take the abuse over the past 4 years, conservatives are flying high and loving every minute of it.
The left and their adoring media haven’t yet found an effective counter-message so they are returning to the old “Trump’s administration is full of chaos and destruction” narrative. It doesn’t seem to be working well thus far since our response is “Hell yeah, that’s what we voted for!”
The only people who read their drivel are the die-hard leftist progressives and people who just want to mock them.
Hey, Ruth......blow me.
And it could take down Huffington Post, Slate, TYT, Vox and all manner of Lefty news sites. All benefiting from the money Obama gave them through USAID.
DEATH TO THE #ENEMEDIA!
It doesn't work on a lame duck.
More proof President Trump is doing an outstanding job!
Not damaging enough.
I’ve called on the Russians to keep their word ;-)
Then again, it’s only been ‘2 weeks’...
Like Rush said, “Good news for America is bad news for Democrats.”
Yep people like her, are in constant meltdown mode, day after day, as new things are happening. They can’t get their footing, as they process and meltdown over one event, Trump keeps coming out with more and more, to keep them off balance.
Chuck Schumer is worried about your beer and guacamole. They are totally confused as to what to do.
Careful..... she may actually be a he.
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