Trump demanding loyalty tests for federal jobs.

[FelixDeCat]

I'm talking about civil servants not political appointees. Trump is telling ALL employees they can resign or take a loyalty test. Try another excuse.

Civil servants

Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda

At least some of these nonpolitical employees have begun packing up their belongings since being asked about their loyalty to President-elect Trump, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

apnews.com

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-s-loyalty-test-pm

2 million workers. Resign or face loyalty test

Reply ‘resign’ to this email or face loyalty test, White House tells two million federal workers

The Trump administration has told around two million federal workers they can resign via email in exchange for a payout.

news.yahoo.com

Do you feel comfortable with officials at NOAA who are more loyal to Trump vs truth in forecasting?

It's not global warming its global winning! We will cool the planet with Melania's hat.

It's such a beautiful hat.

So blue, so felty.

With the big white ribbon around it. It's such a beautiful white ribbon.

We are going to put a white ribbon around the sun to help reduce global winning as not everyone can tolerate the heat of our success.

So I am going to appoint Melania as secretary of global winning. 🌞

 

[IronWing]

It's not global warming its global winning! We will cool the planet with Melania's hat.

It's such a beautiful hat.

So blue, so felty.

With the big white ribbon around it. It's such a beautiful white ribbon.

We are going to put a white ribbon around the sun to help reduce global winning as not everyone can tolerate the heat of our success.

So I am going to appoint Melania as secretary of global winning. 🌞

She froze Donald out, that's for sure.

 

[Greenman]

You're kind of amazing.

Trump rapes a woman.
Greenman: It ain't a good look.

Completely hopeless. Can't buy your soul back.

It was never sold.
Trump is taking actions that are going to far, I don't like that. I fully expect those actions to be challenged and heard by the Supreme Court and setteled there.
If you want me to say That supporting Trump was a mistake, that's not going to happen yet. Though it might in the future.

 

[burninatortech4]

Penalizing career civilian federal employees (while ignoring federal contracting and the DOD) in the spirit of reducing the federal budget is completely disingenuous. Civilian federal employee salary is only 1.4% of the federal budget (Source: CBO). DOD contracting is 6.5% of the total federal budget (Source: CBO).

This isn't about reducing federal spending (the deficit ballooned during Trumps first admin). It's about loyalty and firing those who Trump thinks are part of the deep state.

As a civilian federal employee myself (forestry) - fuck Trump and his cronies. They're messing with my family and my livelihood.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60235?form=MG0AV3

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Though it might in the future.

Alright, can you give a non-extreme example of the kind of thing that would swing you? No 'raping a child on live TV' kind of stupid, but like, 'personally authorizing a concentration camp for illegal immigrants but using a different name'? Or 'using the US military to enforce a defacto martial law without calling it that'?

 

[HomerJS]

It was never sold.
Trump is taking actions that are going to far, I don't like that. I fully expect those actions to be challenged and heard by the Supreme Court and setteled there.
If you want me to say That supporting Trump was a mistake, that's not going to happen yet. Though it might in the future.

On that I agree with you. You support a rapist so there is nothing Trump could do where you would admit a mistake.

BTW - The OMB funding freeze, is it on or is it off?

‘Screwed up bigly’: Stephen Miller slammed for calling funding freeze a ‘dumb media hoax'

Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is under fire after appearing repeatedly to attempt to whitewash the Office of Management and Budget memo that ordered a funding freeze on “all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may...

www.rawstory.com

 

[hal2kilo]

On that I agree with you. You support a rapist so there is nothing Trump could do where you would admit a mistake.

BTW - The OMB funding freeze, is it on or is it off?

‘Screwed up bigly’: Stephen Miller slammed for calling funding freeze a ‘dumb media hoax'

Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is under fire after appearing repeatedly to attempt to whitewash the Office of Management and Budget memo that ordered a funding freeze on “all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may...

www.rawstory.com

Yea, I saw Mr. Weasel, using weasel words, to weasel out of this.

 

[Steltek]

It ain't good look, that's for sure.
I don't have an issue with trimming down the federal government, I do have major problems with a loyalty test for employees. For appointments, I would expect those to go to supporters. You never hire anyone that hates you.
I would hope that the supreme court steps into this particular debacle sooner rather than later.

The number of federal employees working for the federal government has remained pretty much constant since the 1970's, while the US population has soared in comparison.

What the retarded burnt orange Cheeto is doing now is far beyond just political appointees. He is attempting to overthrow the entire US governmental system.

All within 9 days of taking office.

 

[outriding]

It was never sold.

Because you freely gave it away

 

[HomerJS]

It was never sold.

When you would lie in a forum where your words remain is astonishing. I'll recall your position.

I'm in the Trump camp at this point.

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[DZero]

The problem is, if all the good folks abandon it, Trump will get the federal government he's been looking for.

Folks should stay in place, and just halt everything.

So, they are pulling a 85's Soviet Russia?

 

[trenchfoot]

Trump demanding loyalty from his underlings is a sure sign of his vulnerable insecurities, his paranoia, his total lack of confidence in his abilities to inspire the respect and honor of the people that he is the supposed leader of.

Instead, he simply makes demands. He uses fear and threats to enforce his will on his workforce. He demands respect from people because he cannot earn it the hard way, the right way. He is Hollow Man. There is absolutely no way for a man of his ilk, in his position of ultimate power to acquire the backing of the people he must rely on to make the nation work like it should.

What he does inspire is covert resistance like you would see in a POW Camp. Like you would see operatives in guerrilla warfare fighting against their oppressors.

I think this clip is all one needs to see to realize the measure of that bully charlatan con artist demanding his way around people: