It’s been one month since U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House and a lot has changed. In his first few weeks, the head of state wasted no time before withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement (again), pardoning roughly 1,500 people charged in the January 6 Capitol riots, hitting China with new tariffs, promising “mass deportations”, reiterating his desire to buy Greenland and moving to dismantle the United State's main foreign-aid agency, USAID. In terms of domestic policy, Trump has also proceeded to gut the federal workforce with mass firings.

The following chart shows how opinions vary greatly across the aisle on the question of which federal departments and agencies should be reduced or eliminated. According to a survey conducted by YouGov and the Economist between February 16 and 18, Americans are most at odds over the dismantling of USAid, with 60 percent of Republicans supporting cutting down the organization, versus 10 percent of Democrats. By contrast, respondents were most in agreement over the continued need for the Department of Defense. Republicans were generally more in favor of cuts, while Democrats had a far greater issue with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk.

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