There’s a new sheriff in town—but this time he knows the job, and he knows what he’s up against. I speak of course of President-elect Donald Trump, who will take the reins of power on January 20, 2025.
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He knows all about the deep state and those working inside the government who will attempt to thwart his agenda. This time, he’s determined to get rid of folks who wish to undermine him.
Mark Paoletta, a conservative lawyer working in Trump’s transition team, threw down the gauntlet in a social Monday media post Monday, bluntly telling Department of Justice lawyers they needed to get with the program or find another job (or face consequences). “If these career DOJ employees won’t implement President Trump’s program in good faith, they should leave,” he warned in a lengthy post on X.
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Paoletta, whose name has been mentioned as Trump’s possible attorney general pick, laid out some of the priorities of the incoming administration:
Securing the southern border, mass deportations of illegal aliens (beginning with rapists and murderers), surging resources to process immigration/asylum claims to clear out backlog and end widespread abuse of the asylum system, ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens, and taking federal actions to prevent sanctuary cities from obstructing federal immigration enforcement,
Restoring law and order across our country, including rescuing our cities from mob violence and left-wing soft on crime prosecutors,
Immediately stopping the lawfare and persecution of political opponents that is unprecedented in American history and destroying our democracy…
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The list continued, but Paoletta went on to remind Justice Department employees that they were not elected to office and that they do not get to decide the priorities of the administration. In fact, they are required to implement the president’s directives:
These are all positions President Trump campaigned on and that career DOJ lawyers may be working on to accomplish President Trump’s lawful agenda that was approved by a landslide vote of the American People. DOJ career employees do not set the agenda. In fact, they are required to help implement this agenda.
Hopefully, they will be as committed to helping President Trump implement his agenda as they did for President Biden. Of course, political leadership welcomes feedback to help improve a project. But once the decision is made to move forward, career employees are required to implement the President’s plan.
That seems like something all too many deep staters conveniently forgot during Trump’s first stint in the Oval Office.
He concluded with a blunt warning: get on board or get out:
If these career DOJ employees won’t implement President Trump’s program in good faith, they should leave. Those employees who engage in so-called “resistance” against the duly-elected President’s lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy.
Finally, those that take such actions would be subject to disciplinary measures, including termination. [Emphasis mine.]
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It’s going to be a new day in Washington, D.C., come January 20. There will doubtless be plenty of career bureaucrats who try to kneecap Trump’s goals—but this time, he’ll be ready for them.