Journalist Mark Halperin said Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump has a better chance than any previous Republican president to overhaul the federal government on a larger scale.

As of Thursday morning, President Trump lead Vice President Kamala Harris has a 2 percentage point lead in the popular vote, while Republicans have a Senate majority. projected To maintain control of the House of Commons According to Send to decision desk headquarters. Halperin, “2WAY Tonight“These factors, and President Trump’s four-year hiatus from office, are likely to lead to even more “fundamental changes than Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.” He suggested that this is a factor in achieving “. (Related article: Bernie Moreno defeats longtime Democratic senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio showdown)

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“If you look at all the Republican presidents since President Reagan, including President Reagan, Bush I and Bush II were never going to be bulldozers for the establishment. They weren’t. Bush 43. There’s no doubt he wanted some change, but he wasn’t a bulldozer against the establishment,” Halperin said. “President Reagan talked about that, but even though he had a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and a Democratic majority in the Senate, he never really followed through on this rhetoric of fundamental change.”

“Trump, I’ve done some things along those lines, but really, when you tally it up, of course there was the coronavirus intervention, but when you tally it up, it’s not that much of a fundamental change. No. There were changes in tax laws, changes in energy policy, changes in regulations, but there was a huge shift in the federal government and the fundamentals of what people in MAGA countries call the “deep state”, liberal culture. It did not lead to a complete rebuild. “We kicked our employees out of Washington,” he continued. “All the talk about Project 2025, which was not written or owned by Donald Trump, but which Democrats tried to make into a major campaign issue, is that there is a desire to fundamentally change things. .”

Halperin added that the end of Trump’s term and a substantial re-election victory could increase his ability to make comprehensive reforms.

“Typical second-term presidents are exhausted in their second term, and their staffs are exhausted because it’s their fifth year in office. And they’re getting smarter, but they’re usually coming out of a much worse situation.” There is no control over re-election,” the journalist said. “Most incumbents — most, if not all, incumbents who are re-elected — have smaller wins the second time. Why is this president different? First, he’s been out for four years, and this He had four years to think about everything, formulate policies and think for the first time about what he did wrong from his perspective.

“They’re resting too, because some of them have had experience campaigning, but they haven’t ruled for four years. And he won — you know, this time he won the popular vote. He won. He didn’t last time. So definitely he has a bigger mission than he started with. “I think all of these things open up the possibility for some pretty fundamental changes, and I use the word ‘radical’ in a neutral sense, but I think all of these things open up the possibility of some pretty fundamental changes,” he said. It’s really fundamental in that respect. ”

President Trump announced Tuesday that billionaire Elon Musk and former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswami will jointly create a new Department of Government Efficiency in his second administration.

The president-elect appointed them to “reduce excessive regulation, eliminate wasteful spending, and reorganize federal agencies,” the statement said. The department added that it would partner with the White House Office of Management and Budget “to advance major structural reforms.”

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