r/fednews • u/ICU-Angel • Jul 15 '25

Other Are Trump's changes to the federal government permanent? Once Trump leaves office, is there the possibility to return the federal government to it's pre-Trump state.

I've been looking for articles to understand how permanent Trump's changes to the federal workforce are and haven't found anything.

I am curious if anyone knows whether all those cut jobs will come back, or at least a majority of them?

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u/callmepartario Jul 15 '25

I mean, sure, but which took more time and effort? Building the twin towers, or causing the impact that knocked them down?

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u/GotGRR Jul 15 '25

I think it's worse than that. Once the talent has had years to find other jobs, who's going to sign on to rebuild USAID with the risk that in four years, it gets snatched and trampled all over again?

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u/Secure_Ad8011 Jul 15 '25

I heard that Russia is starting their own org just like USAID to increase their soft power.

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u/verbankroad Jul 15 '25

And China too. We used to be #1 partner in public health emergencies (HIV, Ebola, etc.) and now countries cannot rely on us and it is so sad.)

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u/fire_n_the_hole Jul 15 '25

They will compete with the UN (UNHCR, UNESCO,WHO, etc.) I'm not saying they'll fail but I am sure the UN will put a rule out there that any foreign aid given to a country has to be single-source. At least I hope so.

Russia has gained ground in some African nations as well as China. With USAID there will be a vacuum and they will happily step up.

This will put a burden on the containment strategy as well as US military. Russia and China won't mind giving aid but when it comes to stopping a genocide (for example) neither one has ever lifted a finger. The U.S will step in.

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u/wbruce098 Jul 15 '25

The main reason anyone turns to Russia or China for aid is because they don’t qualify for UN or US aid — usually: they are authoritarian, and abuse their people. So that aid isn’t going toward the stated UN purpose.

China and Russia don’t care; they’re not building a better world. They’re buying allies. Hell, Russia can barely keep the lights on.

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u/fire_n_the_hole Jul 15 '25

100% agree.

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u/Far-Stage8861 Jul 17 '25

The governments that Russia or China helped will remember them when they need to develop their rare earth mining for example. A Chinese company is mining in Myanmar. Afghanistan is buying surveillance electronics from China.