I think the evidence merely suggests that his DEA will be ineffective. His initial pick for head of the DEA, Florida sheriff Chad Chronister, went two days [0] from being announced to be being "pulled out" on account of his lack of experience with the border and his arrest of a megachurch pastor for COVID public gathering rule violation [1].

My assumption is that the GP expects that it will be gutted by the Department of Government Efficiency and/or be significantly laid off via Schedule F conversion [2]. However, rules made earlier this year by the OPM should limit that specific method of getting rid of civil servants [3].

[0] https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/politics/chad-chronister-trum...

[1] https://apnews.com/article/chad-chronister-trump-withdrawing...

[2] https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-presidency-schedule-f...

[3] https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/04/opm-issues-final-r...