{"id":135175,"date":"2024-12-09T18:58:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T11:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135175"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T11:58:46","slug":"in-promising-to-shake-up-washington-trump-is-in-a-class-of-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135175","title":{"rendered":"In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 In the history of American politics, there\u2019s no shortage of presidents who promised to shake up Washington once they got to the White House. But <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> may prove to be in a class of his own, and he appears more interested in beating the federal government into submission than recalibrating it. <\/p>\n<p>In staffing his administration, Trump has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-cabinet-budget-immigration-loyalty-986154f35c82452e0e2e642a3e1752a8\">shown an inclination<\/a><\/span> to select people who distrust or even disdain the agencies that they\u2019ve been chosen to lead, setting up a potential war of attrition between the incoming Republican president and American institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been nothing like what Trump is suggesting to do,\u201d said Doug Brinkley, a presidential historian. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about dismantling the federal government.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s approach will become even clearer this week as Kash Patel, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-fbi-patel-wray-879dc7629905946cc242e90f6ab98739\">his choice for FBI director<\/a><\/span>, heads to Capitol Hill for an initial round of meetings with senators who will decide whether to confirm him to the post. A former national security official who has branded himself as an eager acolyte of Trump, Patel has talked about shutting down the agency\u2019s headquarters, splitting up its responsibilities and targeting Trump\u2019s perceived enemies. <\/p>\n<p>Greg Brower, a former U.S. attorney who served as the FBI\u2019s top congressional affairs official, said Trump seems to want to make the nation\u2019s law enforcement institutions \u201cpart of his political operation run out of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a major course change that I\u2019m just not sure a majority of senators are willing to endorse,\u201d Brower said. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hegseth-pentagon-desantis-senate-allegations-3cb8c7d7bb555ed075cbbb4e8dad0741\">Republican senators are already considering<\/a><\/span> whether to support Pete Hegseth, whom Trump <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hegseth-defense-secretary-pentagon-2d8030921ecef933778cf92afd40ec72\">wants to lead the Pentagon<\/a><\/span>, despite allegations of sexual misconduct, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement. Hegseth is an Army veteran and former Fox News commentator who has described the military as flooded with \u201cwoke\u201d liberal ideology. He also <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pete-hegseth-allegations-defense-trump-194e39797595d87f621db641d0f35ff1\">wants to remove women<\/a><\/span> from combat roles. <\/p>\n<p>Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump\u2019s transition team and the incoming White House press secretary, said the next administration wants to \u201cshatter the Deep State,\u201d a term for entrenched civil servants who have frustrated Trump and his allies. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThat\u2019s why he has chosen brilliant and highly-respected outsiders to serve in his Administration, and he will continue to stand behind them as they fight against all those who seek to derail the MAGA Agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Spelling, who served as education secretary under President George W. Bush, said it is \u201cprobably not a good management style\u201d to treat government employees as adversaries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to turn the tide or redirect the ship of state, you\u2019ve got to have help doing it,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s people who work there already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spelling\u2019s former department could be outright eliminated if Trump has his way. His <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/linda-mcmahon-trump-education-secretary-wwe-613016d0c164b89765af761404cbb123\">choice of education secretary<\/a><\/span>, Linda McMahon, has never worked in the field. She served for one year on the Connecticut Board of Education and is a member of the board of trustees at a private university. McMahon lead the Small Business Administration during Trump\u2019s first term, and she made a name for herself by running World Wrestling Entertainment, a cultural juggernaut that features musclebound men beating each other up in elaborately scripted fights.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s plans for the federal government blend conservative ideology, which has long viewed Washington as too intrusive in Americans\u2019 daily lives, with his personal vendettas. After being plagued by investigations and contradicted by career officials during his first term, the returning president has no interest in a replay and he\u2019s more skeptical of insider views that clash with his own instincts. <\/p>\n<p>Some of his personnel choices have alarmed political opponents, but Trump\u2019s approach could prove appealing to voters whose faith in government <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/trend\/archive\/fall-2024\/americans-deepening-mistrust-of-institutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has sunk to record lows in recent years.<\/a><\/span> Only about 2 in 10 Americans trust the government to do the right thing always or most of the time, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2024\/06\/24\/public-trust-in-government-1958-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Pew Research Center<\/a><\/span>, down from around 4 in 10 who said this in 2000 \u2014 before the upheaval of a global financial crisis, an inconclusive war on terrorism and a worldwide pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Kay Schlozman, a Boston College political science professor, said Trump\u2019s nominees could be viewed as \u201can extension of his capacity to question the received wisdom and question the supposed elites who always run everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the largest gaps between expertise and personnel have been evident in public health. Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-rfk-hhs-health-kennedy-f40ee2398e3a280c1586eecdd80bdf7c\">lead the Department of Health and Human Services<\/a><\/span> despite his reputation as one of the most prolific spreaders of unfounded theories about <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rfk-kennedy-election-vaccines-2ccde2df146f57b5e8c26e8494f0a16a\">the supposed danger of vaccines.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump also picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of public health measures like lockdowns and vaccine mandates that were used during the coronavirus outbreak, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-nih-bhattacharya-national-institutes-health-454874e66e842ef8c953ece905c00fe1\">to run the National Institutes of Health<\/a><\/span>, the country\u2019s top medical research agency.<\/p>\n<p>In other areas of government, loyalty has often been prized over expertise. Lee Zeldin, a former New York congressman, never served on any committees dealing with the environment during nearly a decade on Capitol Hill. Now he\u2019s on deck to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. <\/p>\n<p>Brinkley said it\u2019s not uncommon to have presidents attempt to change how Washington works. Richard Nixon tried to circumvent government agencies by centralizing decision-making in the White House, and Warren Harding stocked his Cabinet with business leaders. <\/p>\n<p>But Brinkley said Trump\u2019s approach is more venomous, and he seems to be setting up his staff to compete to be the most zealous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s got a gladiator feel,\u201d he said. \u201cThey each want to show that they\u2019ve got a scalp to punish the so-called deep state, the legacy media or the Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another way that Trump is taking on Washington is the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-president-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-2f0f76bb6440231f2504b77cb117d988\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a><\/span>, an independent advisory organization that will be run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. <\/p>\n<p>Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, and Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur, plan to provide ideas on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-ce55aa7ca8c921511d18e837c2a2db64\">dramatically reducing<\/a><\/span> federal spending and cutting the government workforce. They also said Trump should sidestep Congress whenever possible, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/musk-ramaswamy-trump-budget-cuts-doge-impoundment-8e2fffc27df6acc1b275b1614e66fd01\">setting up a potential constitutional clash.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Theda Skocpol, a Harvard University professor of government and sociology, agreed that Americans are often doubtful about Washington\u2019s effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s going to be an easy path to eliminating entire departments or functions of government because people will realize they have the stakes in those things,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Skocpol said, chaos might be the actual goal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cParts of American conservatism have been trying to make government a mess when they control it, and then use it as an argument for less government,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>____ Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-deep-state-washington-c821974493749226e1f3dd633914a02f\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 In the history of American politics, there\u2019s no shortage of presidents who promised to shake up Washington once they got to the White House. 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