Trump reclassified some federal workers to facilitate their dismissal.
Jin10 reported on July 18 that the White House stated that Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to create new classifications for certain non-career federal employees, making it easier for them to be fired if they fail to perform the President's priority tasks. According to a briefing from the White House, the new classification is called "List G" and will apply to employees involved in policy-making, who are expected to leave when the president who appointed them leaves office. This executive order could strip a large number of the approximately 2.3 million federal employees of their job protections, effectively making them employees who can be fired at any time. Earlier this year, Trump hinted at this adjustment, stating that the federal government should ultimately operate "like a business." Trump also ordered the reclassification of many government employees at the end of his first term, known as "List F," which was canceled by former President Biden on his first day in office in 2021.