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He has vowed to weaken civil service rules that protect federal bureaucrats from being fired if they disagree with their bosses’ decisions.

"They are not people who think they know better as unelected bureaucrats."

For all of Trump's railing against "unelected bureaucrats" holding political influence, he has now appointed a pair of unelected billionaires to propose changes to the same agencies that regulate and fund their companies.

Trump has also signaled that he wants to eliminate the bureaucrats who set accreditation standards for colleges and universities.

Trump has only just begun filling out the thousands of jobs that open up with a new presidential administration, not including the senior-level career bureaucrats he has said he will replace.