Should I stay or should I go? U.S. civil servants gird for Trump


Storm clouds hover above the Washington monument in Washington D.C., U.S., August 15, 2016. Picture taken August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election has set off a round of resume-polishing across Washington, as the nation's federal civil servants prepare for a leader who has promised to freeze hiring and reverse many of the policies they have spent the past eight years putting in place.

While anti-Washington rhetoric is a staple of U.S. politics, more than two dozen federal workers interviewed by Reuters said Trump's divisive presidential campaign pointed to bigger potential problems than those that would normally come with a routine switch from a Democratic to a Republican administration.

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