What’s going on two weeks into the second Trump presidency?
In this picture taken through a window, President-elect Donald Trump, from left, Trump's pick for the planned Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the NCAA college football game between Army and Navy at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough
It’s been two weeks since President Donald Trump was inaugurated. An incomplete list of what’s happened since then includes firing the heads and other top career officials at numerous government agencies, firing inspectors general, seeking the names of potentially thousands of FBI agents and support personnel who worked on Trump investigations, Elon Musk seizing control of government computer systems, including those responsible for personnel and payments, erasing mention of trans people from government websites; and a suggested “clean out” of Gaza with Palestinians going to Egypt and Jordan.
Two policy experts give their take on all this.
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Malaika McKee
Assistant professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Western Regional Director, National CIvilian Community Corps, AmeriCorps
Nicholas Grossman
Political science professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Senior editor, Arc Digital
Author, “Drones and Terror: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security”