One of the things that needs to be understood is that this is intentional.
The Grover Norquist "drown it in a bathtub" contingent of the Republican party is large, influential, and for them, this is not at all unfortunate collateral damage in pursuit of The Wall or something. The crippling of public institutions (if not outright dissolution) is part and parcel with the ideology.
And that's even if you don't believe that the executive branch may have been compromised by a foreign power interested in weakening and destabilizing the United States.
The Grover Norquist "drown it in a bathtub" contingent of the Republican party is large, influential, and for them, this is not at all unfortunate collateral damage in pursuit of The Wall or something. The crippling of public institutions (if not outright dissolution) is part and parcel with the ideology.
And that's even if you don't believe that the executive branch may have been compromised by a foreign power interested in weakening and destabilizing the United States.