Bangladesh, April 19 -- In his landmark 1964 speech ‘A Time for Choosing, Ronald Reagan quipped that “a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life well ever see on this earth.” For decades, this statement has rung true, as the federal bureaucracy ballooned to an unmanageable size, resisting reform under both Republican and Democratic administrations. Now, however, the re-election of President Donald J. Trump and the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by tech mogul Elon Musk, mark what could be a historic inflection point in American governance.

While previous presidents made campaign trail promises to cut waste, eliminate redundancy, and shrink the bloated bureaucracy, meani...