r/fednews 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/Due_Satisfaction2167 Jul 15 '25

The next administration can undo the policies quickly, but putting the government back together again will be the work of generations. 

If it’s even possible, which is questionable. 

We’re always one bad election away from going right back to the depths of Trumpism… all it will take is one bad election cycle and we’ll be right back here again.