Comment by SR2Z

Then let Trump fire them!

The Republic is designed to protect and preserve the rights of its citizens. That government workers have consciences is a feature, not a bug.

The machinery of the American state is built on the voluntary cooperation of millions of Americans. Trump is not entitled to that; he is not a king and that's not how we do things here.

If he wants to gut the government and be ruler of the ashes, he may do that. If he wants to be the most powerful man in the world, he must earn the cooperation of the civil service.