'It will only get harder': Trump allies predict 'struggle' as 'polarizing' presidency steamrolls ahead

21 February

President Donald Trump issued countless executive orders after beginning his second presidency a little over a month ago, some of which are being temporarily blocked by federal courts. Between Trump's many executive orders and the mass layoffs of federal workers being pushed by his administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Trump's second term is proving to be even more chaotic than his first.

In an article published by USA Today on February 21, Francesca Chambers and Zac Anderson stress that the weeks ahead may be even more chaotic as Trump and his advisers try to keep up the rapid pace of activity.

Chambers and Anderson report, "The flood of orders, and the verbal provocations that accompany them, are part of an early strategy to overwhelm the system with aggressive policy changes and command the national conversation through brute administrative force, Trump allies and insiders say…. Trump has sought to fire thousands of federal workers, dismantle independent agencies, end birthright citizenship and impose tariffs on countries that have a trade deficit with the U.S. or have aggrieved him in some other way. The result has been one of the most head-spinning, boundary-pushing, and politically polarizing opening stretches of a presidency in modern history, with a second wave of action expected soon."

But according to Chambers and Anderson, things may become more challenging for Trump and his allies.

"What comes next could be more difficult though, as Trump works to make good on pledges to resolve international crises and fallout from the DOGE cutting spree spreads to Republican congressional districts," the USA Today reporters explain. "Republicans also face hurdles in Congress, including passing a government funding bill by March 14 and turning Trump's agenda into law with a narrow GOP majority."

Former Trump adviser Paul Teller told USA Today, "Everything is going to be a struggle."

Victoria Coates, who served as deputy national security adviser in the first Trump Administration and is now with the Heritage Foundation, told USA Today, "These are very hard issues he's grabbed. It will only get harder, because then it'll be time to implement, and we have to get the rest of the folks in place that will do that."

Read the full USA Today article at this link.

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