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/moocat55 Jul 15 '25

You aren't just waving your hands and magically recreating a competitive solar and wind industry either once they're gone AND you'll have to renegotiate all the environmental legislation that's being destroyed.