It appears that the US is in the midst of an authoritarian coup. To succeed, the clique that brought Trump to power knows they need to control every lever of power. The bureaucracy is an important branch exercising power that through inertia, among other behaviors, restrained Trump's action -or abuse- during his first term. Now that they are serious about their self-coup, they need to replace the employees of the State by loyalists who will support an help the takeover.
During his campaign, Trump promised to replace at least 50,000 government employees by loyalists. About a month ago, he begged his followers to be patient until September when they would get their reward. He's already fired over 200,000 people, he wants to replace many of them by the same type of people as him: individuals who believe in the law of the strongest instead of in ethics or the US Constitution for example, so they'll be the agents of his personal agenda and consolidate his takeover, just like in Russia.
It appears that the US is in the midst of an authoritarian coup. To succeed, the clique that brought Trump to power knows they need to control every lever of power. The bureaucracy is an important branch exercising power that through inertia, among other behaviors, restrained Trump's action -or abuse- during his first term. Now that they are serious about their self-coup, they need to replace the employees of the State by loyalists who will support an help the takeover.
During his campaign, Trump promised to replace at least 50,000 government employees by loyalists. About a month ago, he begged his followers to be patient until September when they would get their reward. He's already fired over 200,000 people, he wants to replace many of them by the same type of people as him: individuals who believe in the law of the strongest instead of in ethics or the US Constitution for example, so they'll be the agents of his personal agenda and consolidate his takeover, just like in Russia.