We all know that there is ferocious resistance to Trump’s policies within the federal bureaucracy.
But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot of support for Trump’s goals as well. It’s just that the people who control the levers of power are in a position to squelch the support of those who do.
Leland Dudek learned that lesson the hard way: he decided to work with DOGE despite his boss’s opposition, and he was suspended for doing so. But a funny thing happened in Trump’s federal government: Dudek wound up with the top job while the bosses who were impeding him were shown the door.
“I confess. I asked where the fat was in our contracts so we can make the right tough choices.”
Dudek is an example of how there are some fiscally conscious career feds, and how DOGE can maximize impact through people who know where the bodies are buried
