Transcript: Swamp Notes -- Donald Trump's 'vendetta agenda'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : And I'm not sure that is exactly what Trump wants.
55% : So Trump, in his position as president, actually does have authority over the Department of Justice.
52% : It's consistent with the kind of Doge initiative that Elon Musk run, Department of Government Efficiency, and his effort to cut spending and shrink the federal workforce.
50% : James PolitiTrump on Monday signed an executive order on the weaponisation of government.
50% : Stefania PalmaI think what was striking just for this first week is really the different level of preparedness that this administration is entering sort of government with, I think, vis-à-vis the first presidency where obviously it was sort of the first time that Trump was having to also sort of handle firsthand what can be honestly very complicated, even if he could just think about the regulatory network in the US.
47% : Stefania PalmaI think what I found fascinating is that Kash Patel, the pick by Trump to lead the FBI who is awaiting Senate confirmation, he has long advocated for the removal of security clearances as a bid to try and fight what he defines as the deep state.
45% : But also, for instance, Pam Bondi, whom he nominated to be attorney-general, is using also other phrases like a two-tiered system of justice that was sort of out to get Trump.
42% : So James, Trump really hit the ground running from day one with a whole flurry of executive orders.
38% : Both had turned into critics of Trump and the administration, and are facing kind of credible threats from foreign adversaries of the US.
34% : In a way that gets to something that Trump talked about on the campaign trail, which was shrinking the federal government.
30% : And this week we're asking: how far will Donald Trump take his vendetta agenda?
30% : It's also very clear that Trump seems quite unfettered and quite unbothered by being quite transparent about wanting to use the federal, prosecutorial and investigative powers to reach his own objectives.
23% : And even just last year, he spoke specifically about these sort of 50 officials who then Trump ended up targeting when he did cancel these security clearances.

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