Former President Trump’s top allies are preparing to radically reshape the federal government if he is re-elected, purging potentially thousands of civil servants and filling career posts with loyalists to him and his “America First” ideology, people involved in the discussions tell Axios.
The impact could go well beyond typical conservative targets such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service. Trump allies are working on plans that would potentially strip layers at the Justice Department — including the FBI, and reaching into national security, intelligence, the State Department and the Pentagon, sources close to the former president say.
During his presidency, Trump often complained about what he called “the deep state.”
The heart of the plan is derived from an executive order known as “Schedule F,” developed and refined in secret over most of the second half of Trump’s term and launched 13 days before the 2020 election.
The reporting for this series draws on extensive interviews over a period of more than three months with more than […]
I would call the Republican plan evil genius. The right wing has figured out how to divide and conquer. The US is made up of immigrants and children of immigrants. We are a nation of minorities. Yet, as minorities we cannot even see what is happening to us in the way of manipulation and racism. So the GOP is successful. They know how to divide people based on emotional issues like abortion. The GOP isn’t the problem, it’s the stupidity of minority groups that cannot see that by standing together they could get rid of this menace in a heartbeat.
I agree Vic, however, we can get rid of the MENACE with intelligent voting; if we can make that happen by convincing people what the menace is and what we will become if we do not get rid of the menace.