Trump vows, if elected, to require every employee pass a new civil service test

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

'Full-blown fascism': Donald Trump envisions a 'civil service test' for 'every federal employee'
Story by Brandon Gage • 11h ago

Former President Donald Trump issued a new statement on Friday vowing that if he is reelected, he will force public servants to pass a politically-themed loyalty test or face termination.

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"Finally, I will require every federal employee to pass a new civil service test demonstrating an understanding of our constitutional limited government. This will include command of due process rights, equal protection, free speech, religious liberty, federalism, the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure – I know all about that at Mar-a-Lago, don't I – and all other constitutional limits on federal power," Trump said. "We will put unelected bureaucrats back in their place, liberate the US economy, and attract millions of jobs and trillions of dollars to our shores. Thank you very much."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/full-blown-fascism-donald-trump-envisions-a-civil-service-test-for-every-federal-employee/ar-AA19TCNB

[marmar]

1. Trump himself couldn't pass a grade school civics test

[Enter stage left]

3. In the world of today with kids growing up with computers and smart phones...

I'm not sure TFG would ever make it of kindergarten.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

15. He couldn't pass the test to get into a pre-school

He's that stupid.

[leftieNanner]

2. Tommy Tubberville doesn't know

The three branches of government.

So start with him.

[Freethinker65]

4. Fire the scientists, accountants, engineers, and all else qualified for their positions.

What could go wrong?

[keep_left]

12. American Lysenkoism here we come! But seriously, I can't wait for the constitutional lawyers...

...and the courts to rip this to shreds. Trump doesn't have a clue what he's even saying. These are clearly words put in his mouth by someone else. (Bannon? MTG? Who knows?). Every time I hear Trump these days, it sounds like he's pandering to some new fringe far-right group they found in an obscure corner of the internet. Groypers. radtrads, "sovereign citizens", Integralism, Distributism, it all runs together like mud.

Someone said recently that Trump's decline is accelerating to the point where he is now approaching the "fat Elvis" phase.

For those interested in the disaster of Soviet Lysenkoism, here's a place to start.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Lysenkoism

[Deuxcents]

5. He takes the test first. If he gets elected..

Or he could take it now and brag about how smart he is. “person, woman,man, camera, tv” doesn’t make ya a genius..

[tanyev]

6. One question: Is Donald J. Trump a great president or the greatest president?

[Mr.Bill]

7. Would he include the military?

Sounds like a great way to get out of the Army.

[rsdsharp]

8. Or, they can bypass the test, and just sign the loyalty oath.

To him.

[roamer65]

9. How fast will blue state secession movements form if he steals the office again?

I say within 2-4 weeks.

[Deep State Witch]

10. You First, Cheetolini!

I know more about all of those issues from my 34 years in the Federal Government than he ever will!

[DavidDvorkin]

11. I don't think he could do that by Executive Order

Well, not legally as we now understand the word "legally", that is. Of course, if he gets into the White House again, current US law will mean as much as Weimar law did once Hitler took control

[lpbk2713]

13. The Federal govt employs about 1.8 Million people.

Chump just lost a lot of votes.

[Johonny]

14. Person man woman camera TV

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

16. I can't wait for this test to get its first road bump

To the Constitutional prohibition against religious tests for office. We all know that his christian followers will demand that their views get put into the test, to weed out any who don't share the same religious views.

That will be fun.

[Cha]

17. FO Domestic Terrorist.. you Slobbering

Fuckwad.

[treestar]

18. A test he could not pass himself

I recall when he did not understand judicial review - how dare those judges say the POTUS could not do something!

The executive branch must enforce the law as it is. I guess he doesn't get that part either.

[Jack the Greater]

19. He raises a question: "I will require every federal employee to pass a new civil service test"

Aside from the merits of the concept, can a president do this, by executive order perhaps? Having worked in the private sector all my life, except for a stint in the army, I have no idea what is involved in applying for a civil service job.