Transfer the (remaining) agencies out of D.C. and into to the hinterlands — then salt the earth

inauguration day 2025, washington, d.c.: trump clean-up crew sets to work

‘They’re so vindictive’: Why some federal employees are fearing Trump 2.0

… Federal employees throughout the executive branch are panicking at the thought of another Trump administration.

Former President Donald Trump has pledged to “demolish the deep state.” His running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, has said Trump ought to fire “every civil servant in the administrative state.” It’s not just campaign-trail bluster. In the waning days of his first administration, Trump sought to make it easier to fire federal employees — a move that was quickly reversed by the Biden administration.

Workers in some agencies are particularly distraught about a possible Trump return. The former president and his allies have singled out certain agencies — including those that issue environmental rules — as prime targets, should he return to office in January.

It’s “in the back of everybody’s mind” that a Trump administration might purge the federal workforce, said one employee at the National Science Foundation.

“People are worried, but anybody who has half a brain is existentially afraid for the safety of democracy,” that person said. At the moment, “people are very concerned with their day-to-day jobs” and are “working to make sure they can get a lot of good done now.” [“Working to make sure they can get a lot of good now” — the Deep State is burrowing deep. ]

Feds’ fears about Trump are justified, said Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat whose district is packed with government employees.

“Federal employees are rightly concerned about what a second Trump presidency will mean for them and, by extension, for the American people they so dutifully serve,” Connolly said.

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Trump “has pledged to fire or relocate more than 100,000 federal employees who live and work in the D.C. region. He has repeatedly and shamelessly mocked the work of career experts and scientists, going so far as to scrub references to climate change from government websites. He has even promised to abolish entire government agencies that do not sufficiently bend themselves to his whims,” Connolly said.