Trump’s Plan To Dismantle The Deep State Revealed In Video
President-elect Donald Trump has outlined an extensive plan to dismantle what he refers to as the "Deep State," presenting a detailed agenda for overhauling federal operations.
Originally released in a video in March 2023, Trump’s message recently gained renewed attention after conservative commentator Colin Rugg shared it again following Trump’s victory.
"Here’s my plan to dismantle the deep state and reclaim our democracy from Washington corruption once and for all," Trump stated. "First, I will immediately reissue my 2020 executive order restoring the president’s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats, and I will wield that power very aggressively."
He emphasized the need to "clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus" and called for a "total reform of FISA courts" due to what he described as deep-rooted corruption, claiming judges "do not care when they’re lied to in warrant applications."
Trump also pledged to "expose the hoaxes and abuses of power that have been tearing our country apart" and to "launch a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the fake news to deliberately weave false narratives and subvert our government and democracy."
Among other proposed reforms, Trump wants "every Inspector General’s office independent and physically separated from the departments they oversee" and will "ask Congress to establish an independent auditing system" to monitor intelligence agencies and prevent illegal surveillance or disinformation against U.S. citizens.
He further pledged to "continue the effort launched by the Trump administration to move parts of the sprawling federal bureaucracy to new locations outside the Washington Swamp" and to "ban federal bureaucrats from taking jobs at the companies they regulate."
Additionally, Trump plans to "push a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress."
In another strategic shift, Republicans took a different approach in this election cycle, embracing early voting. This change proved to be pivotal, helping deliver a substantial victory that some are calling a "red tsunami." While in the 2020 election, then-President Trump and other party leaders were hesitant about early voting, in 2024, they actively encouraged it. This strategy helped the GOP secure low-propensity voters, leading to a historic win and making Trump only the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms, following Grover Cleveland.
Pollster Scott Rasmussen discussed the impact of early voting on the “John Solomon Reports” podcast, noting that many Republicans reluctantly accepted it as a necessary strategy. “I heard from a lot of Republicans who said, you know, ‘I don’t like early voting, I don’t think we should do this, but we have to win if we want to change the rules,’” Rasmussen explained.
He added that "early voting is a relatively new phenomenon" and noted how it evolved significantly due to the pandemic in 2020, reshaping the electoral landscape in ways that would have been unthinkable just decades ago.