One of the defining features of the second Trump administration will almost certainly be the battle between the elected, constitutional branches of government and the vast federal bureaucracy.
With Republicans in control of both the House and Senate, President Donald Trump will have a significant mandate for leadership in the next few years.
The most significant impediment to effective policymaking during that time, other than Republicans stepping on their own feet, will be the government itself—not elected Democrats who stand in opposition, but unelected bureaucrats who have unilaterally decided they know what’s best for the country and use their protected positions within the federal bureaucracy to thwart the change in direction the American people voted for.
When the innumerable left-wing media pundits and Democrat politicians in recent years shouted about…
