
Deep State resistance taught Trump he needed to tame bureaucrats
Fox News
Trump's second term is a lot different than the first. He learned the Deep State threatened any changes and cuts. This time, he turned to Elon Musk and DOGE to rein in bureaucrats.
Mark Moyar holds the William P. Harris Chair of Military History at Hillsdale College and is the author of "Masters of Corruption: How the Federal Bureaucracy Sabotaged the Trump Presidency."
One of the chief lessons Trump learned from his first administration was that senior career bureaucrats, left to their own devices, were willing and able to sabotage him. The most disturbing insubordination was the Crossfire Hurricane scandal and the ensuing Mueller probe or investigation into Russian collusion, the crimes of which would today be considered comparable to Watergate if the mainstream media gave them due attention.