Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Peter Jacobsen
“One of the ongoing conversations about Trump’s new transition is whether or not he is going to make serious changes to the bureaucratic establishment. While Trump has indicated some anti-establishment tendencies with a few of his picks (such as RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard), he’s also made more conventional selections (such as Marco Rubio). This is reminiscent of his first term where his advisors ranged from Reince Priebus to Steve Bannon. From the standpoint of making cuts, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) looks promising. However, the question on everybody’s mind is: Will he get into the Javier Milei territory of actually cutting government agencies in a more permanent sense?” (12/09/24)
https://fee.org/articles/will-trump-really-close-the-bureaucracies/