Trump’s plan to upend federal workforce could rattle DMV economy

Former president Donald Trump touts himself as a businessman who will grow industry and jobs, but his policy proposals call for deep cuts and drastic changes to the D.C. area’s most valuable employer: The federal government. Trump’s Agenda47 policy manifesto and his Republican Party platform seek to “shatter the Deep State” with actions that experts say could be devastating to the area’s economy, such as: Moving up to 100,000 federal government positions “out of Washington to places filled with patriots who love America.”