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Donald Trump wants to reinstate a spoils system in federal government by hiring political loyalists regardless of ...
If elected to serve a second term, Donald Trump says he supports a plan that would give him the authority to fire as many as 50,000 civil servants and replace them with members of his political party loyal to him. Under this plan, if he eventually deemed …