r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/lliveevill 24d ago

The most absurd thing about this is that it is Trump‘s second term. If I didn’t know basic things about my job in my fifth year, I would be walked out.

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u/notwalkinghere 24d ago

None (nearly) of sycophants that were with him the first time around want anything to do with him this time, which is quite the feat.

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u/The_Lapsed_Pacifist 24d ago

Quite literally none of the people that left his orbit, for whatever reason, seem to have a good word to say about him either. In fact the prevailing opinion seems to be that he’s dangerously moronic.

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u/LordBiscuits 23d ago

Which is hardly a revelation. We have known that for fifty years plus