Trump shrank the federal workforce. And the system didn't break. |
The second Trump administration has had few bright spots, but one stands out: its effort to tame the federal bureaucracy.
In the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, the federal workforce shrank by 10%. That follows a sharp rise under the Biden administration – and even during Trump’s first term, the number of federal employees grew across four years.
A chaotic rollout masked what is, for the most part, good policy. The federal government continues to run much as it always has, and most Americans haven’t noticed a difference.
Trump 2.0 shrank the bureaucracy without breaking it
The federal workforce is smaller than at any point since the 1960s, the result of a deliberate effort by the Trump........