On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s second term inauguration, here are four ways he has dismantled the deep state in Washington.

On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order to reinstate Schedule F, which makes it easier for the president to fire bureaucrats.

This reclassified about 50,000 career civil servants in “policy-influencing” roles as at-will employees.

The executive order said that accountability was lacking in the federal bureaucracy.

“In recent years, however, there have been numerous and well-documented cases of career Federal employees resisting and undermining the policies and directives of their executive leadership,” the order said. 

“Principles of good administration, therefore, necessitate action to........

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