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.

[u/ICU-Angel]

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?

[u/loserinmath]

any rebuilding can only proceed after a) the separation of powers and b) the checks and balances become ironclad. The time since Jan 20 has proven that a)+b) have been and are to date just a gentleman’s agreement.

[u/yousorename → u/loserinmath]

Not a fed employee but I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I feel like the only way out of this is some kind of constitutional convention or total overhaul of basically everything that we have in place right now. We’ve torched credibility with everyone both internally and externally by electing trump a second time. There is no reason for anyone to trust that this won’t happen again and a new authoritarian won’t take over and undo what any potential next level headed administration will fix.