Comment by insane_dreamer

To my point, found this article linked to in another thread: [0]

> Some of the fired employees included NNSA staff who are on the ground at facilities where nuclear weapons are built. These staff oversee the contractors who build nuclear weapons, and they inspect these weapons.

> It also included employees at NNSA headquarters who write requirements and guidelines for contractors who build nuclear weapons. A source told CNN they believe these individuals were fired because “no one has taken anytime to understand what we do and the importance of our work to the nation’s national security.”

> The agency began rescinding the terminations Friday morning.

Part of the strategy might be:

1. Fire large swaths of the government. Declare victory!!

2. Hire those people back because it turns out that they're actually needed (who would have thought?). But that doesn't get news.

So in the end, things remain the same, but Trump/Elon get the headlines and their followers think they've done an amazing job.

[0] https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/nuclear-nnsa-firings-...