At age 78 and in his final term as commander-in-chief, President Donald Trump appears to be moving his agenda ahead at a breakneck pace. From the northern border to the southern and everywhere in between, all the president’s men (and women) are shaking up the status quo. This shift from the 46th to the 47th chief executive is a study in contrasts, effectuating head-spinning changes. As the president works overtime to fulfill his campaign promises, the minions who run Washington, DC, and have existed in a fishbowl of unchallenged power don’t appear to be taking the blows to their authority well. And the shake-up is just getting started.
In the words of the New York Post’s Miranda Devine, “Heads are spinning in Washington at the shock-and-awe tactics of Trump 2.0. You can hear the panic in the high pitch of Deep State voices as they run squealing to CNN and MSNBC.” Indeed, the left-wing media is struggling to keep up with this unique force of nature called Trump, who is a man on a mission.
Just last week, the ladies on The View took a swing at Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who refused to kowtow to their anti-Trump rhetoric and barked back at them. Over at NBC, Chuck Todd announced he is bowing out, and CNN’s Jim Acosta was given the microphone and camera one last time to say farewell. It’s challenging, but we shall resist the overwhelming urge to make ad hominem remarks about Todd and Acosta. Let’s just say they are no friends of Trump and leave it at that.
The Trump Shake-Up — Time to Clean House
However, as the leftist media crumbles, the bureaucrats in the nation’s capital are on the hot seat and seemingly unprepared for the shake-up. Over at the Department of Justice – yes, those friendly folks who couldn’t resist rifling through Melania’s underwear drawer – were given their comeuppance. Six high-level FBI officials who oversaw the Mar-a-Lago raid and who directed SWAT raids on J6 protesters were given the choice to resign or be fired. This move came on the heels of an email blast informing 2 million federal workers that they had the option to show up for work in person or resign. Their exit package reveals the president would prefer to give them their walking papers.
To punctuate his point, the president had his Department of Justice request thousands of FBI agents fill out a survey that detailed their involvement in the J6 debacle. It’s assumed the questionnaire is not for the purpose of handing out participation trophies.
Meanwhile, much whining could be heard when Trump removed the security clearances of the so-called “Dirty 51,” the intelligence officials who falsely claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was nothing more than a Russian disinformation campaign. Former CIA Director John Brennan howled on MSNBC, “[T]his was just, you know, his effort to try to get back at those individuals who have criticized him openly and publicly in the past, and I think very legitimately.”
Money, Money, Money, Maaa-nee!
As Trump works to exact a price for myriad shameful and unconstitutional acts perpetrated against him, his supporters, and associates, the adage “He who has the gold rules” came into sharp focus. Leave it to a man who knows how to sign the front of a check – Elon Musk – to begin slashing billions across the federal government stratosphere. In a post on his X platform, the wealthiest man in the world revealed, “The DOGE team discovered among others that the payment approval officers at Treasury were known to always approve payments even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups.”
The Department of Government Efficiency also has plans to either shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which spent $50 billion – with a “b” – in taxpayer funding, or roll it into the State Department with a much-reduced budget. An explanatory video outlining the purpose and mission of AID featured Foundation for Freedom Online founder Mike Benz, who clarified the purpose of this mammoth agency, which is not aid-oriented but instead acts as an arm of the State Department and is, in essence, an extension of the Central Intelligence Agency.
These actions – and others not mentioned – go to the heart of righting the wrongs that were committed by the administration of Joe Biden, who weaponized powerful government agencies for the purpose of destroying a political opponent. And they demonstrate to the American people that those who participated in this ideological pogrom that tarnished democracy must be held accountable for their conduct. Above all, this shake-up by the Trump administration illustrates how such actions must have consequences.
