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 During his 2016 campaign, then-GOP nominee Donald Trump ran on a platform of \u201cdraining the swamp,\u201d a catch-all term for dramatically reducing the size of the entrenched federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made the same appeal in 2020, pleading with voters to give him another term so he could continue reducing the size of the bloated federal workforce, but Joe Biden defeated him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, four years later and with the experience of a complete term under his belt, Trump not only made a similar pledge during his successful 2024 campaign, but now that he\u2019s won with a clear mandate, he is preparing to put in place a plan that will cut into the so-called \u201cdeep state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2023, Trump announced<\/a> his intention to relocate federal jobs outside of Washington, D.C., as part of a broader commitment to dismantling federal bureaucracy. \u201cContinue Trump administration effort to move parts of the federal bureaucracy outside of the Washington Swamp, just like President Trump moved the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado,\u201d his campaign said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUp to 100,000 government positions could be moved out of Washington,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has since doubled down on that figure. \u201cAs many as 100,000 government positions can be moved out \u2014 and I mean immediately out \u2014 of Washington to places filled with patriots who love America,\u201d Trump said in a video breaking down his agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/MithaEXP\/status\/1854705897710268427<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Federal News Network\u00a0reported that when Trump moved Bureau of Land Management jobs, over 80 percent of the employees stayed in Washington, D.C., and did not take new positions with BLM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump worked on reducing the federal workforce at the end of his first term as he anticipated being reelected. Just before the 2020 election, Trump issued an executive order to establish what was called \u201cSchedule F,\u201d a directive aimed at reclassifying the roles of middle managers within the federal workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said then that Trump\u2019s 2020 executive order was designed to remove \u201cpeople in the bowels of the federal government working against this president\u201d who pursued \u201ctheir own selfish political agenda,\u201d according to the Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a secret that we want people in positions that work with this president, not against him, and too often we have people in this government \u2014 I mean the federal government is massive, with millions of people \u2014 and there are a lot people out there taking action against this president and when we find them we will take appropriate action,\u201d he said in October 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson said on the Friday before Election Day that Republicans have an ambitious plan to restructure and reduce the federal government if they win congressional majorities and former President Donald Trump wins the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a wide-ranging interview<\/a> with Just the News, the Louisiana Republican also discussed a proposal to \u2018deport\u2019 tens of thousands of federal bureaucrats from Washington and relocate them to middle America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson expressed that he and other GOP leaders aim to move federal agency offices, personnel, and assets away from the nation\u2019s capital to bring them closer to the people they serve and further from the influence of wealthy special interests that often manipulate policy and spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of talk about uprooting, you know, these entrenched bureaucracies and putting them out elsewhere around the country,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He described this reinvention of the extensive federal bureaucracy, which employs over 2 million workers and contractors, as aligning with Trump\u2019s vision to appoint billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to head a government efficiency office.<\/p>\n

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