{"id":2401628,"date":"2025-02-12T04:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-revitalize-dc-while-warring-with-washington-workforce-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T04:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:25:58","slug":"trump-vows-to-revitalize-dc-while-warring-with-washington-workforce-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-revitalize-dc-while-warring-with-washington-workforce-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to revitalize DC while warring with Washington workforce &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-vows-to-revitalize-dc-while-warring-with-washington-workforce-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2401628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>in a recent address,\u200b president Donald Trump expressed his \u2064intention to revitalize Washington, D.C., aiming to transform it into a safer \u2064and more appealing capital for visitors and \u2063residents alike.\u2064 He criticized the current state of the city, citing issues of crime and decay, and promised \u200cto restore federal control, enhance maintenance of national\u2063 monuments, and combat homelessness and crime through\u2063 an executive order. Trump&#8217;s administration plans to advocate for federal employees to return to in-person\u2062 work \u2063to \u2064revive the local economy,a move supported by D.C. Mayor Muriel bowser.<\/p>\n<p>While there is optimism\u200b about collaboration between local \u200dand federal governments, the\u2063 prospect of job cuts and restructuring under the department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, has sparked \u2062concern among\u2064 federal\u2064 workers. Protests from Democrats and local officials highlight fears\u2063 regarding the impacts of \u2063government\u2064 downsizing\u200d on the local economy and critical services. Despite these protests \u200band the\u200c potential backlash, Trump remains\u200b focused on his agenda for notable government \u2064reform,\u200d framing it as a\u2064 fulfillment of voter demands for accountability in federal institutions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump vows to revitalize DC while warring with Washington workforce<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1990482\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> loves to hate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington D.C.\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, but says he will revitalize the city in order to make the nation&rsquo;s capital a place that visitors and voters can be proud of.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We will take over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-dc-council-is-trying-to-fly-under-trumps-radar-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How the DC Council is trying to fly under Trump\u2019s radar - ...\">horribly run capital<\/a> of our nation in Washington, D.C., and clean it up, renovate it and rebuild our capital city so there is no longer a nightmare of murder and crime,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3253997\/how-dc-council-trying-fly-under-trump-radar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will become the most beautiful capital anywhere in the world,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Right now, if you leave Florida &mdash; &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s go, darling. Let&rsquo;s look at the Jefferson Memorial, let&rsquo;s look at the Washington Monument. Let&rsquo;s go and look at some of the beautiful scenes,&rsquo; and you end up getting shot, mugged, raped.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now back in the White House, the president may be looking to implement that vision. Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3288950\/trump-friendly-revamp-washington-dc-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pledged\">pledged<\/a> that the GOP will &ldquo;reassert greater federal control&rdquo; over the city, bring down crime, scrub graffiti, and make sure federal buildings and monuments are well-maintained. <\/p>\n<p>Taking things a step further, Trump is expected to issue an executive order looking to increase penalties for crimes and clear homeless encampments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/02\/10\/trump-dc-crime-homeless-camps-graffiti-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according\">according<\/a> to the <em>Washington Post. <\/em>Not only would doing so fulfill a campaign pledge, Trump is already prepping to celebrate the semi quincentennial in 2026, marking 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>Some local officials are cautiously embracing those plans. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has pledged to work with Trump and even flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with him in December.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump and I both want Washington, D.C., to be the best, most beautiful city in the world and we want the capital city to reflect the strength of our nation,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/mayor.dc.gov\/release\/statement-mayor-bowser-meeting-president-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> upon leaving. &ldquo;We discussed areas for collaboration between local and federal government, especially around our federal workforce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-gives-musk-and-ramaswamy-a-head-start-on-cutting-trillions-in-government-spending\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Gives Musk and Ramaswamy a \u2018Head Start\u2019 on Cutting Trillions in Government Spending\">underutilized federal buildings<\/a>, parks and green spaces, and infrastructure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A big step that both leaders embrace is bringing federal workers back into the office five days a week. Trump has already moved in that direction with a day-one executive order, which has boosted traffic in Washington and could revive a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">moribund business climate downtown<\/a>. Bowser has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yale-law-journal-editor-apologizes-for-unwelcoming-culture\/\" title=\"Yale Law Journal Editor Apologizes For \u2018Unwelcoming Culture\u2019\">made similar calls<\/a> in the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2579306\/bowser-battle-with-biden-over-telework-latest-in-on-again-off-again-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"making her case\">pleading her case<\/a> to the Biden administration as early as 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor&rsquo;s office and White House did not respond to questions from the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the federal workforce inside the Beltway, however, Trump&rsquo;s arrival in town feels more like an apocalypse than an act of revival. While many of them oppose being dragged back to the office, they&rsquo;re much more upset about the idea of losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has targeted a range of agencies, most recently the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for buyout offers and potential staffing cuts, sparking concerns that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3314050\/democrats-block-federal-buildings-resistance-doge-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protesting\">protesting<\/a> outside of federal office buildings, including the Treasury Department, Labor Department, Capitol, Department of Education, and U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n<p>On a snowy Tuesday in downtown Washington, they protested outside of the Commerce Department, where NOAA is housed. The protest centered heavily on Musk and the climate-related work NOAA performs, but economic concerns surfaced as well. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want rain predictions for the people, Elon Musk wants to make it rain money for his pockets,&rdquo; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said at the rally. &ldquo;DOGE wants to cut NOAA&rsquo;s staff in half. Those are the workers who keep your children and pets safe from toxins at the shore in blue and red states alike.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks at an anti-DOGE rally outside the Department of Commerce. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is housed in the building, which is across 15th Street NW from the White House. (Haisten Willis\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Attendees lofted signs reading &ldquo;Launch Musk into orbit&rdquo; and &ldquo;Stop DOGE, Save NOAA.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Craig McLain, a former NOAA chief scientist, acknowledged that it&rsquo;s important to promote government efficiency and streamline the work of various agencies, but said &ldquo;this is not the way to do it.&rdquo; He predicted any purging of federal workers will harm not only D.C. but the wider region.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a lot of people who work here in the D.C. area, in Maryland, Virginia, and beyond, even West Virginia,&rdquo; McLain told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s an economic impact for the small businesses that normally support these folks. And when those folks aren&rsquo;t here, where do those businesses go? They go away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats have made Musk the center of their messaging, with Markey calling Trump his &ldquo;puppet president,&rdquo; Trump shows no signs of wavering. Musk joined him in the Oval Office to sign an executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3317201\/elon-musk-trump-oval-office-doge-power-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"olidifying DOGE's power\">solidifying DOGE&rsquo;s power<\/a> and backing his &ldquo;workforce optimization initiative.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The people voted for major government reform and that&rsquo;s what the people are going to get,&rdquo; Musk, who was accompanied by his son X, said Tuesday. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what democracy is all about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While that type of language may not play well with the workforce in Washington, it is likely to remain popular in the rest of the country regardless of the impact on the local economy, argues Republican strategist John Feehery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pick your enemies carefully,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The federal bureaucracy is a smart enemy to fight with. Most Americans have no idea what goes on in those buildings or why they are paying for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1990482\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1990482\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump promises to improve D.C. despite conflicts with its workforce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2401629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-DC-workforce.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50229,3634,33224],"class_list":["post-2401628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-revitalization","tag-trump","tag-washington-dc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-DC-workforce.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401632,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401628\/revisions\/2401632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}