Civil servants

With some exceptions Republicans tend to stress smaller government and Democrats look to expand government and thus it would not be surprising if civil servants would lean toward the Democrats. Those who work in the State Department would know that there might be staff reductions and would likely not approve. The question is would they go so far as to work against a President who would want to eliminate their jobs. According to POLITICO, employees of agencies that seem on the chopping block of the new administration are setting up new email addresses and turning to encrypted messaging apps to hold group conversations with other anti-Trump staffers, and to communicate with the press. Now this could be because they object to the way Trump operates, but!