Beyond dollar figures, Trump’s budget outlines a government reorganization that would:
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Move climate programs from EPA → DOE
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Fold Education Department into Labor
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Create “Department of Life” (anti-abortion programs)
Personnel Impacts:
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15,000 federal jobs eliminated
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Political appointees double to 8,000
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Union contracts rewritten
Legal Challenges Expected:
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Chevron Doctrine changes enable rapid restructuring
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“Anti-Woke” provisions may violate civil rights laws
Historical Parallel:
The most sweeping proposed reorganization since Roosevelt’s 1939 executive branch reform.
