“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”
Robert Browning
The Democrats thought they had finished Trump by fraud in 2020. Instead, they made him more powerful than they could possibly imagine. Most Presidential second terms are notable for a burned out agenda, a sense of drift and little to no accomplishments of note. With Trump this current non-consecutive term is a first term on steroids. The convention is to speak about the first hundred days of a Presidency. Trump is embarking on a revolutionary path after just over a week in office. Trump is re-engineering the Federal government before our eyes at lighting speed. After the living death prior Administration the contrast is stunning and invigorating. God alone knows how it will turn out, but just the attempt alone is startling. The phrase business as usual has no place in the current whirlwind administration.
As Gandalf said: “We‘ve been strangely fortunate.”
Thanks be to God.
And on the human level, it’s been so gratifying–almost to the point of tears–to see wrongs righted:
To paraphrase the finale of Fidelio: Hail the day, so long desired but beyond all hope!
I agree.
The worst thing the Democrats could have done was to give Trump a four year “half time” in which to plan a resurgent second term.
Imagine a half time in which you could not only reevaluate strategy, but obtain new players.
As persons, I feel pity for the opposition.
As for their policy, it is glorious watching Trump (through completely legal means) trample it into the mud!
Don:
Agree, it’s a great cavalry charge, but there will come a check and Trump’s people better watch for it. Prepare to slow up, regroup and wheel about.
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Wouldn’t be more efficient to determine what federal programs and agencies need to be cut, and then determine how many and which federal employees should be retained, and those to be reduced-in-force? Trumps blanket email to the federal workforce is asinine.
You would never get Congress to agree to the cuts. Better for voluntary resignations. Congress has no control over such resignations and litigation over firings are avoided. I suspect when it comes to the Federal work force, the number who are superfluous matches that answer given when Pope John XXIII was asked how many people worked at the Vatican: About half.
” they made him more powerful than they could possibly imagine.”
I’m loving the Trump/Obi-wan analogy 🙂
I think the buyout is kinda brilliant.
It encouraged several groups to get out:
– those who are willing to take the money and run (ie, not motivated by the job)
– those unwilling to “endure” 4 years of a Trump administration
– those who know their work and/or performance will not stand up to coming scrutiny
It will not really create a brain drain because most senior folks are calculating years to retirement, years invested in pension, concern about retooling for private sector, etc
If it encouraged a number of new hires to flee, that’s GOOD since at least some of those will have been the DEI hires. You can hire more of what you need, by merit, instead of keeping those folks.