I have zero hope or close to zero hope that the federal government will retract. But, if I were given the power I would literally shut down whole departments. I would probably be killed by some lone gunman though so it would fail as well.
Call me cynical. I'm a realist.
The bright side is if I'm wrong I'll be happy about it.
I know this isn't answering your question. I just don't think its complicated. I think its just hard to do if not impossible. The state needs to not be able to pay people and it needs to fail under its own weight. I don't see that any time soon and Trump doesn't have the desire or ego to even try to do what Elon is supposedly going to do.
I'm not particularly hopeful about the possibility of retraction. However, I do feel like the right sort of pitch could grab Trump's attention. Like I said, he already got most of the USDA to quit once, by relocating them, so that's one effective idea he's willing to try.
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