Uh... Alien Jesus Laptop Murderer, you forget that I voted for Trump specifically because I disdain the bloated federal bureaucracy under the Executive Branch. The bloated executive branch was a problem that became a talking point as early as the 1880s, with it exploding under FDR's tenure. Even past Republicans who ran on platforms of smaller government like Reagan did jack shit to cut it down to size. Clinton "legally" cut jobs from the bureaucracy under the executive branch, but he didn't get to the root of the problem.
As heartless as it sounds: I'm not particularly concerned about career bureaucrats losing their jobs because the gravy train stopped running once and for all. The judiciary's unelected, yet the judiciary serves a vital purpose in keeping other branches of the government in check (though I will admit that power's being put to the test with the current administration). The executive branch was meant to enforce laws that Congress passed, yet it ballooned into an all-encompassing bureaucratic mess that stalls out meaningful progress in the very things those departments were meant to address. It has, in essence, become a fourth branch of government theoretically accountable to the president but in practice, accountable to no one. DOGE is not some new department devised by the president, it's a rebrand of the United States Digital Service that Obama created, and the quirks of its creation are being leveraged by the current president.
We're still in early days of the second Trump administration, so jury's out on whether or not these shocks will manifest into anything long-term. I'm more concerned with tariffs being a double-edged sword, but recent near-shoring efforts by large companies since Trump won in November last year do seem promising. I'm certainly optimistic, though I do have pause for thought. Feel free to mock me or disagree or whatever. It's clear you've made up your mind about how the future will play out
