Donald Trump represents an existential threat to their power...
After all, he got impeached for not accepting "agency consensus" on a foreign policy matter in spite of the fact that the president has the sole and exclusive authority to set policy.
The federal bureaucracy believes that IT is the government of the United States. They chafe mightily at the thought of control by duly elected and appointed political actors subject to accountability to The People.
Donald Trump represents an existential threat to their power...
After all, he got impeached for not accepting "agency consensus" on a foreign policy matter in spite of the fact that the president has the sole and exclusive authority to set policy.
The federal bureaucracy believes that IT is the government of the United States. They chafe mightily at the thought of control by duly elected and appointed political actors subject to accountability to The People.