9/25/25
There is much angst over President Trump’s ability to manage the executive branch. With every thrust of placing people aligned with his policies in position, there is a parry by the entrenched bureaucrats holding on. Democrats are aligned in their outrage over removal of their cronies that have held to their leftist views and policies, many times in opposition of new laws contravening those policies. Attempts to remove these bureaucrats rest on unclear laws written by legislators who continue to hide behind vague wording that allows them to use both sides of the argument to suit their current power. She can stay but he must go depends on the blowing winds of power.
From slow walking senate approvals of hundreds of positions, supporting litigation for those who are being sent packing, and insisting on continued funding of “make work” roles, Democrats insist on keeping their stranglehold on the federal bureaucracy. Their power resides in their ability to impose their rule despite any new regime and its policies. In addition, the massive federal bureaucracy is a voting and funding pool they can count on. So what good is hiring a new “CEO” when he can’t run the company?
No manager can keep an employee who disregards their instructions. Indeed, no company can survive if its employees are saboteurs. What makes Americans think that our federal government is any different? If we elect people for what they purport to accomplish and then find they are unable to act on their promises, who is in control? Certainly not the voter or the people for whom they voted.
While we don’t want to “clean house” willy-nilly, determining who will follow the politicians lead should be paramount to their continued employment. We do want some institutional knowledge to pass on but only in terms of process and not policy. Ethical leaders who have issues with incoming regime policies should resign. Those who remain have an obligation to the voters to carry out the prerogatives of the new administration.
There is a new boss and he’s going in a different direction. Get on board or get out.
Current Day Publius 