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OP notes that POTUS alone can't create or destroy departments or agencies. But,

1. POTUS can dictate how those agencies run. He can't shut them down and close the offices. But, he can issue orders and directives that all but nullify the day to day operations of these agencies. He could order all personnel to come to work on time, get paid, and do nothing but play Tiddlywinks all day. He also has powers, in some cases, to re-balance the make-up of certain panels from majority Dem to majority 'Pub either alone, or by issuing orders to his congressional minions.

2. Repubs now own both the House and the Senate, and Trump owns the Repubs. It would be easy for them to pass quickie legislation to eliminate or re-focus the missions and mandates of these departments.

Make no mistake. Trump and compliant Republican legislators and judges are on the verge of remaking the entire federal bureaucracy into permanent conservative administration of the federal government. The people will have to adapt or rebel. Since rebelling would take the form of massive voting for Democrats in the next two elections to right the ship and bulletproof it against further hyper-partisan tampering, I'm not hopeful for America's future. The last election showed that voters are too apathetic (won't vote) and too stupid (willing to be conned by disinformation) to get the Democratic sweep we'd need to fix this.

I have little hope that we'll be able to fix this huge backward lurch in my lifetime.