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Concerns mount over MAGA loyalists embedded in US agencies

Original: It’s not just Trump. It’s going to take a major effort to purge public agencies of MAGA loyalists who gleefully enforce

Commentators argue that Donald Trump's influence on the US federal government extends beyond the president himself, pointing to career public servants who enthusiastically carry out his directives. One widely shared example involves a bonded truck carrying supplies to Campobello Island, a Canadian island reachable only by land through the United States, being caught up in enforcement actions. The discussion centres on how difficult it would be to remove loyalists from agencies after Trump leaves office.

Why now: Debate is resurfacing over the durability of Trump's influence within the US civil service and the difficulty of undoing it.

Donald TrumpMAGA movementCampobello IslandUnited States federal agencies

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• It’s not just Trump. It’s going to take a major effort to purge public agencies of MAGA loyalists who gleefully enforce his stupid directives. I’m thinking of a specific case recently of a bonded truck carrying supplies to Campobello Island, a part of Canada where the only land… · fname@kamloops.social · 16

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