The first 200 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency have been filled with consequential policy matters such as the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites, the trade war, immigration enforcement, and the passage of a major tax and spending bill along with frequent sideshows that have included everything from calls to annex Canada and Greenland to stripping comedian Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship.
Amid the barrage of jaw-dropping headlines and endless distractions and provocations, Trump and his administration have undertaken the most radical transformation of our government and the federal workforce in over a century, effectively dismantling agencies, eliminating critical services and hampering government’s ability to serve the public.
Though these actions have generated headlines, there has been shockingly little reliable information on the scope of the workforce cuts or the ways those cuts will harm the public. The Trump administration came into office promising to be transparent, but on one of its most consequential and highly touted priorities, it has gone to great lengths to obfuscate.
