No matter what happens with Trump, he has likely changed the government, in a very bad way.
This is because so many department run under the Executive Branch (for efficiency purposes), but subject to Congressional oversight. Trump has tried to destroy Congressional oversight and even the Inspector general role. He may or many not prevail, but because if his lunacy . . . its not outside the realm of possibilities that we have 2 of many things going forward, the DOJ and a Congresssional investigative branch is one example.
That's terrible, but if you think its impossible look right here:
Trump's coronavirus response proves Congress once again needs its own science advisers
With nonpartisan experts sidelined, information gets channeled through lobbyists, anonymously funded front groups and special interests. Let's stop that
"With an administration in power that mocks and disparages science — at the bidding of big special interests and for its own perceived political gain — it falls to Congress to ensure that our government is listening to science.
But right now, Congress itself often doesn’t act on the best available scientific knowledge — in no small part because of a fateful decision by Congress two and a half decades ago that cut off the flow of high quality, nonpartisan science to inform its decisions."
Until the mid-1990s, Congress employed its own scientists and experts at a nonpartisan “think tank” called the Office of Technology Assessment. It was an agency similar to the Congressional Budget Office, which provides budget and economic analysis; the Government Accountability Office, which audits and investigates problems throughout government; and the Congressional Research Service, which provides legal and policy analysis for legislation as it's written. OTA’s mission was to anticipate the implications of emerging technologies; to help Congress understand the scientific, technological and medical challenges and opportunities facing the nation; and to generate options for Congress.
Then came Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America.” In 1995, the then-new speaker of the House wanted to cut as much spending as he could, and a politically expedient thing to cut was Congress’ spending in particular. An entire congressional support agency was a tempting target; better still, why not the science one, the work of which annoyed powerful interests and for which the strongest support came from a weak constituency: scientists and policy wonks."
So congressional Republicans completely defunded — eliminated — OTA, and slashed scientific staff at the other support agencies."
THE GOP IS THE ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM PARTY. TRUMP IS THE HEAD OF THE PARTY.
