CNN host Jake Tapper said Monday on “The Lead” that President Donald Trump was attempting to shrink the government with an “axe being brandished and swung recklessly.”
Tapper said, “Whether you voted for President Donald Trump or not, you probably expected to see some disruption to the normal way the government does things. tariffs, aggressive deportations, efforts to shrink the federal government. the question in that last part, efforts to shrink the government is how? How is the Trump administration working toward accomplishing that goal? Two weeks into his second term the answer is with very broad strokes and blunt instruments. For instance, most federal employees received a letter pushing them to resign now and be paid through September or risk the elimination of their positions in the future. Maybe some of you are thinking, good, the government needs to shrink,…
