Saw this - supposedly the Donald’s platform, although it was filter through some other posts. My thoughts in italics.
First, I will immediately re-issue my 2020 Executive Order restoring the President's authority to remove rogue bureaucrats. And I will wield that power very aggressively.
OK, but what defines a “rogue bureaucrat?” If that just means people who disagree with you…that’s not OK.
Second, we will clean out all of the corrupt actors in our National Security and Intelligence apparatus, and there are plenty of them. The departments and agencies that have been weaponized will be completely overhauled so that faceless bureaucrats will never again be able to target and persecute conservatives, Christians, or the left's political enemies, which they're doing now at a level that nobody can believe even possible.
What’s the standard of evidence here? And, I can’t help noticing that you don’t mention any protection against persecution of liberals, Muslims/Buddhists/etc., or the right’s political enemies. Can’t we just set up and preserve a system that applies its standards fairly across the board?
Third, we will totally reform FISA courts which are so corrupt that the judges seemingly do not care when they are lied to in warrant applications. So many judges have seen so many applications that they know were wrong, or at least they must have known. They do nothing about it, they're lied to.
I don’t think you need to restrict this to FISA courts. But, rather than assuming corruption, look at the rules that judges are bound by and make sure that there’s sufficient judicial discretion to allow judges to verify facts when they’re lied to…rather than being forced to accept that if someone signs a paper, they’re telling the truth.
Fourth, to expose the hoaxes and abuses of power that have been tearing our country apart, we will establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to declassify and publish all documents on Deep State spying, censorship, and corruption, and there are plenty of them.
What/whose version of the truth are we going to expose? And who gets to decide? Maybe instead of forming another government commission, we should revisit the criteria for classifying documents, so that more things are done under scrutiny right from the start.
Fifth, we will launch a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the fake news to deliberately weave false narratives and to subvert our government and our democracy. When possible, we will press criminal charges.
Same answer as above….and I think these two go hand in hand.
Sixth, we will make every Inspector General's Office independent and physically separated from the departments they oversee so they do not become the protectors of the Deep State.
I see the logic. But also seems like this will make it tougher to oversee these departments, and make it easier to have the IG protect a new deep state seated in the executive branch.
Seventh, I will ask Congress to establish an independent auditing system to continually monitor our intelligence agencies to ensure they are not spying on our citizens or running disinformation campaigns against the American people, or that they are not spying on someone's campaign like they spied on my campaign.
Good luck with that. Our intelligence agencies are way better at hiding what they’re doing than Congress is at finding out.
Eighth, we will continue the effort launched by the Trump administration to move parts of the sprawling federal bureaucracy to new locations outside the Washington Swamp. Just as I moved the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado, as many as 100,000 government positions can be moved out. And I mean immediately out of Washington to places filled with patriots who love America, and they really do love America.
Decentralization is often a good idea…but it can also reduce efficiency and create more conflicts due to lack of sufficient oversight. This also creates huge opportunities for pork. Your last sentence also tells me that you’re only going to put these things in certain places (probably filled with red voters). I need to hear more.
Ninth, I will work to ban federal bureaucrats from taking jobs at the companies they deal with and that they regulate. So they deal with these companies and they regulate these companies and then they want to take jobs from these companies. Doesn't work that way—such a public display cannot go on and it's taking place all the time, like with Big Pharma.
Oh, hell yes. No jobs, no contracts, no consulting, no lobbying on their behalf.
Finally, I will push a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress.
Hell yes again. How many terms? Does it apply to both houses? Can you serve terms in the house and then in the senate? Tell me more, because this is something I’m totally on board with. Can we do the Supreme Court next?
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