Trump upends federal workforce with threat to fire policy makers opposing him

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Washington – President Trump announced Friday that his administration would move more easily to federal government workers who oppose the republican agenda, saying he wanted Washington to “finally be like a business.”

The new rule of the Personnel Management Office, for a long time, referred as “Annex F”: it will prol

Estimates of 50,000 workers, or about 2% of the Federal Work Force will be discarded by poor performance or “subversion” or Trump’s directives.

“If the government workers refuse to advance in the political interests of the president, or are being involved in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job,” Trump wrote in Truth Social.

“This is common sense, and will allow the federal government to finally execute as a business.” We must eliminate corruption and implement responsibility in our federal workforce! “

Trump announced the new rule on Friday afternoon, possibly putting tens of thousands of workers at risk not to implement the Trump agenda. Reuters

Trump first proposed the rule of “Annex F” near the end of his first mandate.

Former President Joe Biden terminated the rule, but Trump restored him in an executive order signed on the first day of his second term.

Trump and his allies have long accused care of the career government to subvert or store the executive’s plans through the bureaucracy, choosing acting on their own political desires instead of the president.

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Around 75 protesters join a press conference outside the headquarters of the Labor Department on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty images

Eliminating a usual federal worker has been six months before the appeals, according to an OPM informative sheet that indicated that the new rule allows the rapid elimination of those who “put their own interests ahead of the US people.”

“Federal employees who make policies have a tremendous influence on our laws and our lives. These employees must be heroes with the highest standards of behavior. Americans deserve a government that is effective and declared.

Those in the first line of the implementation policy, such as the agents of application of the law, will generally be excluded, according to the agency.

Federal employees are not obliged to agree with the political president, “but they must faithfully
Implement the law and administration policies. “

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