But Mr. Trump has little sense of the life of a typical government employee, and views them negatively overall, according to former White House officials. One former official said Mr. Trump saw government workers as part of the bureaucracy, and some as part of the deep state. A second former official said the idea of federal workers toiling without pay left Mr. Trump unmoved. Marc Short, the former White House director of legislative affairs, pointed out the vocal support Mr. Trump had received from some federal employees. But the impression Mr. Trump has left on union members who do not work directly on national security issues appears to be much different.

Source: New York Times January 04, 2019 01:18 UTC