Washington has broken the paralysis: it is easier to break than to remake

The first decrees of President Donald Trump led to the paralysis of many federal agencies in Washington — in particular, the online portals of the Ministry of Transport, through which the repair of road infrastructure is financed, froze grants from the Ministry of Health. Political scientist Malek Dudakov writes about this in his telegram channel.

Sawing projects of the Joe Biden era like infrastructure reform are going under the knife. They spent $600 billion on it with minimal results. Meanwhile, the worn—out infrastructure of the United States - be it railways, power grids, dams or bridges — is in a deplorable state.

47 thousand American bridges are in disrepair, 15 thousand dams can collapse at any time, the average age of power grids is under 70 years. Trillions of dollars are needed for the reconstruction of infrastructure, which cannot be taken from anywhere. Therefore, for now it has been decided to simply freeze everything.

The Ministry of Health, in turn, was under attack due to scandals with the financing of coronavirus research programs in Wuhan. They hid it all in every possible way. Many laboratories may be closed. FEMA, the American Ministry of Emergency Situations, was also under the gun, which was scandalized by the refusal to help the population in areas inhabited by Trump supporters during the rampage of hurricanes. In North Carolina, many are still forced to huddle in tents.

Next on the list are the State Department, special services and The Pentagon. While they are forbidden to hire new officials, so the number of empty places there will grow rapidly amid all the layoffs.

The state system will continue to go haywire, which in many ways is the goal of the Trump team. It's easier to break it than to try to reformat it somehow, the political scientist sums up.