By Eireann Van Natta, Daily Caller News Foundation | December 16, 2024
Members of President Joe Biden’s “national security team” are “frantically” scrambling to find jobs before their impending exit, according to Politico. Eight people familiar with the job search told Politico there has been a dramatic increase in bureaucrats looking to exit the State Department, Pentagon and other agencies before Trump assumes office and tries to take on the administrative state.
Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has garnered support from both sides of the aisle as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to slash waste and fraud from the federal government’s budget.
“There’s a lot of good career people here who went through the first Trump administration and are saying, ‘Can I really go through that again?'” a Biden appointee at the State Department told the outlet.
Senior officials will have an easier time finding jobs with defense contractors, think tanks and consulting firms, while lower level bureaucrats are clamoring for any job available, Politico noted.
Democrats on Capitol Hill are being overwhelmed with job applications, Politico reported, even if though those positions usually offer lower salaries.
“Everyone is willing to take a demotion because there aren’t enough jobs,” one staffer told the outlet.
A Biden State Department official lamented that the jobs people are vying for are not “particularly glamorous,” according to Politico.
“The crazy thing is none of these jobs we’re desperate to get are particularly glamorous, unless you want to go lobby for some autocratic foreign governments that jail journalists and kill dissidents, which I have no interest in doing,” the Biden appointee told Politico.
Meanwhile, Republicans in the national security sphere are also racing for jobs in the administration.
Trump has named Florida Republicans Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Mike Waltz as secretary of state and national security adviser, respectively.
He’s also chosen Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense, Tulsi Gabbard for director of National Intelligence (DNI), John Ratcliffe as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Kash Patel for FBI director.
“Both sides are racing for jobs here, the big difference being that our side is just battling depression while we update our resumes,” quipped a Biden White House official to Politico.
Eireann Van Natta is an Intelligence state reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation
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