Why Trump s Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed – WSJ

WASHINGTON For decades, conservatives have tried and largely failed to fundamentally reshape the federal government. If Donald Trump retakes the White House, they might succeed.

In campaign speeches and statements, the former president has promised to eliminate the independence of key federal agencies, reduce protections for civil servants, deny citizenship to tens of thousands of people born in the U.S. and wrest control of some authority over spending from Congress. If implemented, those measures and others Trump has proposed would amount to the most sweeping overhaul of the government in modern times, legal scholars said.

Trump s agenda mirrors the longstanding priorities of prominent conservative groups, which have been working behind the scenes to revamp every corner of the government, agency by agency. The goal, conservative leaders said, isn t only to shrink the size of the government, but also to snuff out perceived opposition to the president s agenda within the bureaucratic ranks.

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He also said he’d build a big, beautiful wall.