Trump appointed the republican people who are in charge now. FBI, CIA, etc.
Early presidents were assisted by a limited number of officials whom they nominated and
appointed. About 1,000 nonmilitary employees assisted George Washington. A century
later, about 40,000 nonmilitary employees assisted Benjamin Harrison. Less than 50 years
later, Franklin Roosevelt swelled the number of federal bureaucrats to an all-time high
of 3.5 million nonmilitary employees.
Today, there are 2,794,000 federal employees in 15 departments, 69 agencies and 383
nonmilitary sub-agencies. This sprawling administrative state consumed $3.98 trillion
in 2017, one fifth of America’s total economic output.
These unelected bureaucrats are technically supposed to report to the president, but there
are far too many of them to manage.
New presidents appoint less than 1 percent of federal
positions. The other 99 percent are career bureaucrats. This is why most federal agencies
have evolved into independent entities over which the president has limited control. The
deep state doesn’t just consist of intelligence agents; it’s much bigger than that.
This is seriously concerning to anyone who believes America’s strength, stability and
survival depend on the principles of individual freedom in constitutional government.
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“This exponential growth has led to increasing power and independence for agencies,”
wrote Georgetown law professor Jonathan Turley in a Washington Post editorial.
“The shift of authority has been staggering. The fourth branch now has a larger practical
impact on the lives of citizens than all the other branches combined” (May 24, 2013).
One study found that elected lawmakers in Congress enacted 138 public laws in 2007—
whereas unelected federal bureaucrats established 2,926 regulations. A similar study
found that federal judges conduct roughly 95,000 proceedings each year, compared to
939,000 cases tried by administrative “courts” tied to individual federal agencies in
the executive branch.
Subverting the separation of powers established in the Constitution, many federal
bureaucracies possess all three powers of the legislature (regulations), the judiciary
(administrative “courts”) and the executive (enforcement by armed agents).
If Americans are no longer governed by laws passed by their elected representatives,
they no longer live in a democratic republic. They live in an authoritarian technocracy run
by powerful, unelected bureaucrats, civil servants, military leaders and intelligence agents.
