Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : At last week's gala hosted by the America First Policy Institute, Trump said Musk and Ramaswamy make the perfect pair to shake up the government.
55% : Experts believe Trump can get much further on upending the government system this go-around compared to his first term -- in part because the typical checks and balances are expected to lean in his favor.
49% : Trump also got 226 federal judges and three Supreme Court justices confirmed while he was in office last time -- giving his ideas a sympathetic ear in the courts when he gets sued.
49% : In a campaign video posted last year, Trump said he would challenge the Impoundment Control Act.
48% : For Trump though, it could enable his allies to ram through nominations without FBI security checks or financial disclosures so long as the chamber is adjourned for 10 days or longer.
46% : Trump also has called for the use of "recess appointments" in the Senate, a common move by past presidents.
38% : "For 200 years under our system of government, it was undisputed that the president had the constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending through what is known as impoundment," Trump said in a video during the GOP primaries.
38% : He later added: "When I returned to the White House, I will do everything I can to challenge the Impoundment Control Act in court, and, if necessary, get Congress to overturn it."Trump can make federal workers' lives so miserable that they quitAmong the ideas Trump is expected to try again this term is to make the lives of some federal workers uncomfortable or to relocate their jobs to remote locations.
37% : In his first administration, Trump temporarily decimated the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management by relocating its Washington headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado.
34% : Trump will outsource budget plans, effectively hiding how decisions are made and who is making themIn order to remake the government, Trump will need to install loyal allies across senior levels of the government and find ways to slow down legal challenges.
33% : "We're going to reduce regulation, waste, fraud, and inefficiency, and these two guys are going to find a lot of it," Trump said.
32% : With that in mind, here's a look at how Trump could try to "break" the federal government:A president can't really delete entire agencies, but he could take a page from Nixon to try to starve themElon Musk, who Trump has picked to co-lead the new outside-of-government "Department of Government Efficiency," has said he wants to cut $2 trillion of the $7 trillion in annual federal spending.

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