Members of President Joe Biden’s national security team are “desperately” looking for jobs ahead of his impending departure, according to Politico.
Eight people familiar with job hunting spoke about this. politiko Before Trump takes office and challenges the administrative state, a dramatic increase in bureaucrats is retiring from the State Department, the Pentagon and other agencies.
The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is gaining support from both sides of the aisle as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to cut waste and fraud from the federal budget. (Related: President Trump is reportedly considering privatizing the U.S. Postal Service)
NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy said that under DOGE, entire government agencies will be abolished and the reduction will be achieved through executive action.
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“There are a lot of highly qualified career people here who went through the first Trump administration, and they’re saying, ‘Can we really go through that again?'” a Biden appointee at the State Department told the outlet. spoke. (Related article: “There are no sacred cows”: Charles Payne predicts DOGE will bite into the military-industrial complex)
Politico noted that while senior bureaucrats have an easier time finding jobs at defense contractors, think tanks and consulting firms, lower-level bureaucrats are desperate to get any job.
Politico reports that Democrats on Capitol Hill are being inundated with applications for jobs, even though the positions typically have low pay.
“Everyone is willing to accept the demotion because there is not enough work,” one staff member told the outlet.
According to Politico, a Biden State Department official lamented that the jobs people are competing for are not “particularly attractive.”
“The funny thing is that none of these jobs we are desperately trying to get are particularly attractive. Unless you want to lobby for a foreign government, I’m not interested in that,” Biden said. Politico.
Meanwhile, Republicans in the national security field are also vying for jobs in the administration. (Related: Exclusive: Email and phone records reveal Pete Hegseth West Point story failed)
President Trump nominated Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Mike Walz to be secretary of state and national security adviser, respectively.
He also selected Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), John Ratcliffe as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Kash Patel as FBI Director.
“Both sides are competing for jobs here. The big difference is we’re just battling depression while updating our resumes,” a Biden White House official told Politico. quipped.
