Tweet Facebook Mail President Donald Trump said that “nobody's ever seen anything" like his administration's sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees and shrink the size of government, congratulating himself for “dominating” Washington and sending bureaucrats “packing.” Addressing an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside the nation's capital, Trump promised, “We’re going to forge a new and lasting political majority that will drive American politics for generations to come.” The president argues that voters gave him a mandate to overhaul government while cracking down on the US-Mexico border and extending tax cuts that were the signature policy of his first administration.
READ MORE: Musk says all federal workers must explain what they did last week or risk being fired President Donald Trump dances after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conferenc (CPAC). (AP) Trump clicked easily back into campaign mode during his hour-plus speech, predicting that the GOP will continue to win and defy history, which has shown that a president’s party typically struggles during midterm elections. He insisted of Republicans, “I don’t think we’ve been at this level, maybe ever.
” “Nobody's ever seen anything like this," Trump said, likening his new administration's opening month to being on a roll through the first four holes of a round of golf – which he said gives him confidence for the fifth hole. .
