Trump's Government Is Built on Secrecy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Look for the light: Keep up with all Bulwark coverage of Trump 2.0 by signing up today: One memo sent within the Environmental Protection Agency -- and obtained by The Bulwark -- identified recipients as newer employees who were likely on a "probationary/trial period" and therefore enjoyed fewer protections.
53% : Angst, rumor, and innuendo have filled the vacuum left by the absence of government communication.
53% : An official with the American Federation of Government Employees, the union that represents federal workers, signaled that they, too, were looking for information about the memo and others like it.
52% : Each of these happened without public explanation, adding to the sense of opacity around the administration's operations.
49% : But the original executive order putting a pause on various areas of federal spending remains in place.
46% : Share Trump's team entered the White House on January 20 looking to swiftly enact its agenda in two ways: abruptly halting major swaths of government operations and pushing to get federal workers (whom they view as hindrances) to resign.
46% : Another official, who works with the Social Security Administration in an office outside the capital, said their field official "has no idea what is going on" and has received no direct guidance about return-to-work policies despite the White House insistence that every employee head back to the office.
45% : The real story of Trump 2.0 is exactly the opposite.
28% : The follow-ups have left the impression among some workers that Trump and Musk (who appears to be in charge of much of the purge effort) are not getting the results they want.
19% : " The crypticity is a stark difference between Trump 1.0 -- an often unruly, directionless, and very public mess -- and Trump 2.0., which presidential aides are determined to make more efficient and consequential.

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