Trump Fires Top U.S. Copyright Official as Swamp Purge Continues
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Trump Fires Top Copyright Official
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on May 8, 2025. Image copyright: Anna Moneymaker/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
President Trump promised to drain the swamp of entrenched Washington, D.C., elites, and this firing is another step toward the goal of empowering the populace. The Library of Congress, the copyright office, and other government institutions should be in line with the duly-elected president's administration — in this case, Trump's "America First" agenda.
Democratic narrative
This is just another brazen power grab by Trump, who seems determined to sidestep any law and all oversight in order to control nearly the entire federal government. The timing of Perlmutter's firing smells of corruption, as it comes on the heels of the copyright office's report that could impact Trump's ally Elon Musk's AI ambitions.