New Trump Era Brings Virtue and Greatness Those moves would certainly
be popular with the public and may well spur the economy, but whether America can afford them is another matter. That’s because unless some-
thing is done, the ever-spiraling U.S. national debt overshadows any hope of establishing a gold- en age in America. And the fear is that further tax cuts may only make matters worse.
ELON MUSK’S HAMMER
Trump and his associates have openly advised the deep state perpetrators who sought to tar- get him — beginning with the Russian collusion myth, con- tinuing through the Hunter Biden laptop suppression fiasco, and culminating with Trump’s unprecedented prosecution during a presidential campaign — that they should go ahead and clear out their desks now. According to The Washington
Times, no FBI official whose job is rated at GS-14 or above — es- sentially equivalent to a senior corporate manager in private enterprise — is thought to be im- mune from the expected purge to correct what conservatives call “the weaponization of govern- ment.” As newfound Trump ally
Elon Musk ominously tweeted on X during the transition, “There will be consequences for those who pushed foreign inter- ference hoaxes. The Hammer of Justice is coming.” Trump hasn’t forgotten the
slings and arrows hurled his way by those high up in govern- ment. That was evident in his announcement that former Di- rector of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe would be running the CIA. Stated Trump, “From expos- ing fake Russian collusion [as] a
Trump has described the ambitious scope of DOGE as “the Manhattan Project of our time.”
Clinton campaign operation, to catching the FBI’s abuse of civil liberties at the FISA Court, John Ratcliffe has always been a war- rior for truth and honesty with the American public. When 51 intelligence officials were lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop, there was one, John Ratcliffe, telling the truth to the American people.” The reality that Trump has
changed the political landscape and left them exposed may ex- plain why “no less than 50 senior executives are scrambling to re- tire ASAP,” former FBI official and whistleblower George Hill told The Washington Times. But as the deep state dramas
continue to play out on the top floors of America’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the Trump transition team is planning an even more funda- mental shift: laying the ground- work for an extreme bureau- cratic makeover throughout the federal government. Team Trump understands
that unless they act to bring the nation’s debt and spending back under control, a future debt cri- sis will surely tarnish Trump’s dreams of a new golden age. In Trump’s second term, every
agency in the federal government — which employs over 4 million people, including military per- sonnel — will be subject to intense review. That assurance comes di- rectly from the chiefs of an agency that (not accidentally) sounds like a cryptocurrency — DOGE. One of the most extraordinary
developments has been Trump’s creation of the new Department of Government Efficiency, an ad-
visory council headed by Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy that does not re- quire congressional authoriza- tion.
The wunderkind tech duo
say they intend to leverage every tool at their disposal, including big data, crowd sourcing, and AI, to accomplish a mission that no president has seriously un- dertaken since Ronald Reagan: forcing the federal government to operate more efficiently. Trump has described the am-
bitious scope of DOGE as “the Manhattan Project of our time.” There’s little doubt the fed-
eral government’s inefficiency and waste have escalated in step with its deficits. One example: In 2023, according to the Govern- ment Accountability Office, fed- eral agencies reported making a staggering $236 billion in errone- ous or unjustified payments. Of- fice of Management and Budget data indicate over $1 billion of that went to deceased people. One complication that awaits
any effort to tame the budgetary beast, however: the rise in non- discretionary spending. Today, only $1.7 trillion of the $6.2 tril- lion federal budget is considered discretionary. The bulk of federal spending,
73% of it, cannot be touched. It includes Social Security, Medi- care, welfare payments, and in- terest on the national debt. Interest payments alone now
account for 14% of annual feder- al spending. Social Security pay- ments, meanwhile, represented 21% of federal outlays in 2023 — some $1.4 trillion. Trump has promised not to
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