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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Fixed it.
Absolutely it’s been the most damaging two weeks to Deep State and the corrupt political class that has been screwing over the nation for decades.
If the Washington Post hates it, I love it. Big time.
The first sentence completely shows that this is the greatest first two weeks of any presidential administration. Maybe Washington had a good first two weeks but even he had issues with early swamp.
“They” created this…this is their doing and I’m glad Trump is trying to get the Federal government back in the direction of being “limited”. Praise God!!!
What did I miss? I haven’t seen anything damaging, did something happen???
Depends on what your definition of “damaging” is, I guess.
>>replacing seasoned, nonpartisan career workers with compliant Trump loyalists.
“nonpartisan”... They keep using that word.. I do not think it means what they think it means....
Damaging to whom?
Answer: The destructive, threatening, and totalitarian unconstitutional portion of the federal gov’t.
Analysis: that result is beneficial to the nation not damaging. Only damaging to the perverse and delusional DNC and the Left.
MY my, the Left sure is in a tizzy. I know how they can stop Trump, elect David Hogg to run DNC! Yea, that’s the ticket.
BS slanted logic partisan story.
You know the Politico staff all missed their pay checks, right?
Sometimes you have to break some omlets that have been cooking for years to get fresh eggs in the pan.
more winning
The administrative state is their god.
Damaging???
More like HEALING!!!!!!!!!!!!
See my tagline.
The Compost is deeply corrupt.
Hopefully Elon and Tulsi can unlock the hidden keys to the castle.
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