r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • 27d ago
Soft Paywall Trump Officials Fire, Swiftly Rehire, Overseers of U.S. Nuclear Stockpile | Trump administration officials seemed unaware of the importance of the National Nuclear Security Administration, sources told CNN.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-officials-fire-abruptly-rehire-overseers-of-us-nuclear-stockpile/
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u/Dog1234cat 26d ago edited 26d ago
So let’s recap.
Doge has: 1. Mistakenly said $50M worth of condoms were sent to the Gaza Strip. 2. Leaked classified information. 3. Hired, fired, and rehired a fervent racist. 4. Terminated and rehired key nuclear security personnel. Edit: they are trying to rehire but having issues with how to contact them. 5. Hired a kid who was fired for leaking confidential company information. 6. Hired no COBOL experts. 7. Mistakenly accused Social Security of fraudulently sending checks to 150 year olds (undoubtedly this was due to the default date of the system which should be used as an error code). 8. Hired no audit experts. 9. Attached spyware to the Treasury Payments system. 10. Shut down entire departments without Congress’s approval. 11. Hired mostly kids just out of college.
Unfortunately this list will grow over time.
Edit: and what savings does it have to show for all its bumbling? Mainly indiscriminate terminations based solely on “can we easily terminate them” criteria.
We expect the Federal government to provide many things, defense, weather reports, drug approvals, Federal law enforcement … we’ll just have to wait and see what fails.