We wish we were making this up: Donald Trump wants federal workers to write loyalty essays just to serve the country.

Trump Administration Makes New Federal Employees Write Essays to Prove MAGA Loyalty
— People Magazine, June 3, 2025

In keeping with Trump’s rejection of diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices, the memo stresses that the “Merit Hiring Plan” focuses on “skills-based hiring, eliminating unnecessary degree requirements, and requiring the use of rigorous, job-related assessments to ensure candidates are selected based on their merit and competence, not their skin color or academic pedigree.” One of those "assessments," the memo explains, is four 200-word essay questions each applicant must answer in order to prove that they would be a good fit for the Trump administration.

The questions, particularly the third, ask the applicant to prove their mettle not only through personal qualification, but also with an ideological alignment with the administration’s existing policies.

This is not democracy — this is clearly authoritarianism with a bad spray tan. Donald Trump wants to fill government positions with loyalists to his extreme agenda and boot anyone who won’t kiss the ring.

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