Behind this idea 100%
What If the next president is a Democrat. Then what? Will they be able to fire any opponent at will? I’m not saying I disagree. I think it’s a good idea but we need to think it out. I want a the FBI and CIA gone.
If a Democrat wins the Whitehouse he should run the government without having employees undermining him.
Democrats already have the ability to get rid of any conservative they find in the federal government, civil service or not. The rest of the Leftists will just make his life hell until he quits, or manufacture an offense to fire him for.
“What If the next president is a Democrat. Then what? Will they be able to fire any opponent at will? I’m not saying I disagree. I think it’s a good idea but we need to think it out.”
Getting rid of the deep state is imperative. Your point is well taken. We need a LOYAL oppostion to avoid a dictatorship. Trump, although correct, often relies on over simplification.
“Will they be able to fire any opponent at will?”
Yes, any Executive branch employee at least (not federal judges though, as they are appointed for life unless impeached). But that is how it should be. Executive branch employees are only supposed to have power because the President has delegated it to them, so they are supposed to serve at his pleasure.
In practice, nowadays, it has become quite a mess because Congress has also delegated some of its power to Executive branch agencies as well. So for this to work, the legislation would probably have to do away with agencies that rely on Congressionally delegated powers, or “roll them back” to only exercising the powers granted to them by the Executive.