more chillingly, trump intends to strip protections for the tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them. opponents are warning this is the playbook of a would be tyrant made all the more dapg dangerous by the mob of cult of personality. speaking of, trump s followers turned out at a gathering this weekend, heckling trump s gop i am delighted to be here today 2024. they ve got a tragic figure on there right now. governor ron desantis. he s a tragic figure. and fighting for the
goal, to alter the balance of power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates by either law or tradition, with any measure of unless from political interference by the white house. that includes bringing independent agencies like the federal communications commission, which regulates the media and the federal trade commission under direct presidential control. reviving the practice of impounding funds, refusing to spend money congress has appropriated for programs the president doesn t like. and stripping employment protections from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. all this is not a secret. it s happening not behind closed doors. they have been openly broadcasting this plan at rallies and on trump s campaign website. but now, some of those directly involved in this multi-million dollar operation have been
amid the craziest election in history, you don t pay attention to it. it s actually profound what it does. it allows cabinet agencies to reclassify tens of thousands of career civil servants who have currently under law and have for decades very strong employment protections. the idea is these career civil servants, nonpartisan, continue from one administration to the next regardless of the party of the president in power. trump wants to fire tens of thousands potentially, at least thousands of these people he calls the deep state. and what this order allows him to do is to reclassify them as new employment category called schedule f. they immediately lose almost all of their employment protections and can be easily fired and replaced. so, that s happening there. as you can imagine, there will be legal challenges to this.