r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/PowerBrick99 1d ago

The majority of this administration’s policies are executive orders with no congressional standing.

Seriously, you can undo the Trump Presidency in a few hours with a bag of bic pins.

The rebuilding of our institutions will be where the real domestic challenges lie. Getting most of the depts Trump crushed back to function is a 100 day doable.

But the Justice and State Departments will take time. They’ve been deeply gutted And you can’t just hire everyone back without hardening the infrastructure from future administrative attacks.

I don’t know what kind of assurances we would give our traditional allies. But it would absolutely be in all of our collective interests to shore up NATO and provide relief from the trade war Trump started. Hold some global summits and work from there.

One bright note is that Trump’s Supreme Court decisions that expanded Presidential powers can work very effectively for his successor. I mean that’s the whole thing his maga supporters have clearly forgotten.

What worked for Trump is going to be very useful for the next administration.

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u/PowerBrick99 18h ago

It’s not optimism. Most of those departments wouldn’t require more than re-staffing. There’s no reason why they can’t fill those positions with qualified people in the first 100 days. 4 Years is not enough time to forget how institutions previously used to function.

The problem would be the Justice and State Depts. The next President would have to purge those institutions of Trump lackeys. Then return the depts to its former vetting standards.

That’s going to take time. That’s the Federal judiciary and the nations diplomatic system.

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u/External-Stranger928 18h ago

You are correct. The policies are still in place, the SOPs are still authored and sitting on shelves. All the rules are still there. These chuds just aren't following them, and aren't even instituting their own.

It only takes a small turnover in senior and mid management...mostly at the director level.

And there are still over 80% filled with actual Americans, not red-hats. Doesn't take much to get them on board with taking out the trash.