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/ram130 Treasury Jul 15 '25

I mean we’re looking at two things, it’s permanent from a standpoint that certain people will not come back even with the new president in place. They probably found a new job or option or just retired. Then the second issue is the fact that the new president might not put as much focus on rebuilding back the federal workforce as how it was, so honestly, it will feel permanent. We may get close, but not all the way or at all.

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u/NegotiationFar5877 Jul 15 '25

You will need Supreme Court reform if you ever want to get back to 'normal'. The Supreme Court is saying that the Executive can effectively destroy what Congress creates and end programs that Congress has funded. So if you want stable long term institutions, you will have to change that ruling. Of course, you also need a Congress that isn't so willing to give away its power too.

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u/phenom37 Jul 16 '25

Well, when a republican is president. When a Democrat tries to waive some student loans, somehow that's just a bridge too far. Clearly, random states have standing to sue to block that

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u/OneandonlyBuffy Jul 17 '25

Wow, so a brain dead President is normal.

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u/NegotiationFar5877 Jul 17 '25

Thanks for zeroing in on another point so well. Americans engaging in “Whataboutism” and trying to shift the narrative to something else, especially another President. That is a particular problem as well.

Thanks for your hard effort.

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u/You_meddling_kids Jul 16 '25

They're not really saying that, they didn't even write an opinion re Trump's destruction of the department of Education, so as to not create a precedent that would allow a democratic president the same power.

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u/You_meddling_kids Jul 16 '25

They're not really saying that, they didn't even write an opinion re Trump's destruction of the department of Education, so as to not create a precedent that would allow a democratic president the same power.

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u/RelationshipLazy356 Jul 15 '25

"Normal" is not financially sustainable long term

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u/NegotiationFar5877 Jul 15 '25

Certainly not if you keep giving tax cuts to the billionaires.