Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal - Polidicks

[URL="http://gizmodo.com/trump-just-dismissed-the-people-in-charge-of-maintainin-1790908093"]Source[/URL] [QUOTE]Between the Trump transition team’s[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/trump-transition.html?_r=0"] infighting[/URL], [URL="http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/trumps-transition-team-is-just-now-learning-what-a-pres-1788949997#_ga=1.179302694.36767877.1475551889"]incompetence[/URL], and [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/06/former-cia-chief-leaves-trump-transition-team/96238644/"]high-profile[/URL] [URL="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/25/why-did-top-trump-aide-jason-miller-suddenly-quit.html"]resignations[/URL], any decisions that signaled even a modicum of stability for the country would come as a relief at this point. Unfortunately, the nascent Trump Administration isn’t inclined to calm anyone’s nerves. According to an official within the Department of Energy, this past Friday, the President-elect’s team instructed the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration and his deputy to clean out their desks when Trump takes office on January 20th. The NNSA is the $12 billion-a-year agency that “maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.” It’s unclear when the two officials will be replaced. Traditionally, all political appointees of an outgoing presidential administration turn in resignation letters effective on noon of inauguration day, January 20. But appointees in key positions—like the people who make sure our nukes work—are often asked to stay on in their roles until a replacement can be found and confirmed by the Senate, helping ensure a smooth transition and allowing our government to continue functioning. In fact, for the entirety of Obama’s first term and into part of his second, the NNSA Administrator remained a Bush appointee. Trump, however, appears determined to immediately push out everyone who was appointed by Obama, regardless of whether or not he has anyone in line for the job. Or, as our source put it: “It’s a shocking disregard for process and continuity of government.”[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] [B]Correction, 1/9/17, 11:03 p.m., :[/B] Another NNSA official, speaking on background to Gizmodo[URL="http://www.defensenews.com/articles/nnsa-denies-report-top-nuclear-officials-removed-by-trump-team"] and Defense News[/URL], has disputed this report as “inaccurate” while confirming that “there have been no discussions between the president-elect’s transition team and any of NNSA’s political appointees on extending their public service past Jan. 20.” In other words, the Trump transition team has not asked the top two NNSA officials to stay on until they can be replaced. After speaking to our source for clarification, we have updated the story and headline to reflect that, while Klotz and Creedon have submitted their resignations, intend to depart on January 20, and have not been asked by the Trump transition to stay past that date, the Trump team has not explicitly instructed them to leave or “clean out their desks,” as we reported. According to our source, both officials “have expressed [to the Trump team] that they would likely be willing to stay to facilitate a smooth transition, if asked,” as is the tradition for key officials, and have received no response. Their goodbye party is scheduled for next Thursday.[/QUOTE]

That can't be good. Unless he has the replacements ready, dismissing people like that is not going to end up well.

yeah! BASED TRUMP at it again! Throwing those libcucks out of office. Which CEO trying to dump his stocks and not pay any taxes on them is he going to appoint to replace him?

Drain that swamp!

So does Trump actually have any plan past "yo let's undo everything Obama did"? Cause so far all this shit is making it seem like he hasn't thought that far ahead.

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/08/article-2576339-1C20BDB400000578-226_634x457.jpg[/IMG] Putin really must be pleased as punch at this sudden, totally unexpected turn of events.

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51646170]That can't be good. Unless he has the replacements ready, dismissing people like that is not going to end up well.[/QUOTE] Oh, he has replacements ready... Random unrelated corporation CEO's, that is.

Come on guys, this is the guy who's so smart he doesn't need intelligence briefings! He'll just handle the nukes himself! We can trust him, he's a businessman!

Privatize the ICBMS! Why should the taxpayer look after them when all they're doing is just sitting there rotting away?

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51646170]That can't be good. Unless he has the replacements ready, dismissing people like that is not going to end up well.[/QUOTE] the snippet would imply he doesn't [quote]appointees in key positions—like the people who make sure our nukes work—are often asked to stay on in their roles until a replacement can be found and confirmed by the Senate [...] Trump, however, appears determined to immediately push out everyone who was appointed by Obama, regardless of whether or not he has anyone in line for the job.[/quote]

He has the best men for the job. Great men. Disintegration!

After watching this, I'm actually worried how those nuclear arsenals are handled right now. [video=youtube;1Y1ya-yF35g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1ya-yF35g[/video]

You left out an important part from you Gawker article btw..... [QUOTE]According to Bob Rosner, the Co-Chair of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the former director of Argonne National Laboratory,[B] the leadership vacuum won’t prevent the agency from fulfilling its essential duties. But it will leave it without an advocate as it tries to secure a budget from Congress, and unable to tackle any new initiatives whatsoever.[/B] “To some extent, what we’re talking about is the political leadership, the leadership appointed by each administration,” Rosner told Gizmodo. “The department is really run by its civil servants.”[/QUOTE]

There's too much sarcasm in this thread. I know you guys need a coping mechanism, but come on.

[QUOTE=Loadingue;51646440]There's too much sarcasm in this thread. I know you guys need a coping mechanism, but come on.[/QUOTE] Oh yeah, waaaay too much sarcasm. You're really hitting the nail on the head. Totally.

He's going to destroy everything, isn't he?

[QUOTE=DJ999;51646476]He's going to destroy everything, isn't he?[/QUOTE] Yes, if he isn't stopped.

[QUOTE]WASHINGTON – The National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) is pushing back at a news report that the transition team for president-elect Donald Trump plans to remove the heads of the agency when he takes office. On Monday, Gizmodo reported that the Trump team has asked NNSA director Frank Klotz and his deputy, Madelyn Creedon, to step down on Jan 20. Because those positions require senate confirmation, those spots would likely be open for several weeks, if not months – at a time when the agency would need to be advocating the new Congress for funding. However, an NNSA official, speaking on background, denied such discussions have occurred. “The story is not accurate,” the official said. “There have been no discussions between the president-elect’s transition team and any of NNSA’s political appointees on extending their public service past Jan. 20.” [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.defensenews.com/articles/nnsa-denies-report-top-nuclear-officials-removed-by-trump-team"]http://www.defensenews.com/articles/nnsa-denies-report-top-nuclear-officials-removed-by-trump-team[/URL] No idea what to believe, I think we should take everything on the topic with a grain of salt until it gets reported by a major news service

[QUOTE=Kecske;51646587] No idea what to believe, I think we should take everything on the topic with a grain of salt until it gets reported by a major news service.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'll update the OP if something major comes out against the new article.

[QUOTE=Loadingue;51646440]There's too much sarcasm in this thread. I know you guys need a coping mechanism, but come on.[/QUOTE] You'd think at some point people would get tired of making the same posts over and over again, but it keeps happening. I can't wait for Trump to leave office so I can write a bot to tally up how many times people sarcastically shitposted "DRAIN THE SWAMP LOL"

Gizmodo is tied in some way to Gawker, right? I think I can tell by the way they write their articles.

[QUOTE=srobins;51646640]You'd think at some point people would get tired of making the same posts over and over again, but it keeps happening. I can't wait for Trump to leave office so I can write a bot to tally up how many times people sarcastically shitposted "DRAIN THE SWAMP LOL"[/QUOTE] I hope it happens enough that you go bankrupt buying a computer that can count that high.

[QUOTE=srobins;51646640]You'd think at some point people would get tired of making the same posts over and over again, but it keeps happening. I can't wait for Trump to leave office so I can write a bot to tally up how many times people sarcastically shitposted "DRAIN THE SWAMP LOL"[/QUOTE] Politicians should be held accountable for what they promise.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51646807]Politicians should be held accountable for what they promise.[/QUOTE] I don't disagree, I'm just piss bored of people making [I]literally[/I] identical posts day in, day out, thread after thread.

[QUOTE=Bertie;51646641]Gizmodo is tied in some way to Gawker, right? I think I can tell by the way they write their articles.[/QUOTE] well they used to be, but gawker is gone and they were bought by another company

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;51646787]Good, honestly. I don't want people to forget the bullshittery and outright lies that make Trump. People need to learn from their mistakes, and if doing that means hearing the same rightfully stated sarcastic posts, then so be it.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Lambeth;51646807]Politicians should be held accountable for what they promise.[/QUOTE] Since when is sarcasm an absolutely necessary step in criticism?

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;51646787]Good, honestly. I don't want people to forget the bullshittery and outright lies that make Trump. People need to learn from their mistakes, and if doing that means hearing the same rightfully stated sarcastic posts, then so be it.[/QUOTE] But the reminder are the news articles which get posted. The majority of these sarcastic comments can be posted verbatim in every thread about Trump yet they don't add anything particularly relevant to the topic. They make harder and more tiresome to find replies with original thoughts/updates/arguments.

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;51646787]Good, honestly. I don't want people to forget the bullshittery and outright lies that make Trump. People need to learn from their mistakes, and if doing that means hearing the same rightfully stated sarcastic posts, then so be it.[/QUOTE] I too like to find excuses to shitpost. [editline]10th January 2017[/editline] Like, do you honestly believe that the 5000 "DRAIN THE SWAMP" sarcastic posts will actually get your point across? Because we might as well just bet on who will be the bigger circlejerk for the next 4-8 years.

So from what I've seen this won't affect it all that much, but why is he just dropping them like that? Is it simply because they're Democrat and he wants to put his own people in there? What benefit does that hold?

[QUOTE=Nookyava;51647000]So from what I've seen this won't affect it all that much, but why is he just dropping them like that? Is it simply because they're Democrat and he wants to put his own people in there? What benefit does that hold?[/QUOTE] Accepting the mandatory resignations of political appointees is the standard way when there is a new president, even if from the same party .[URL="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/obama-loyalists-transition-230751"]Obama was also planning to oust the majority of appointees[/URL] in the scenario of a Clinton win, each president has list of people who he/she prefers to work with. What makes this procedure somewhat extraordinary is that Trump made this a universal policy, denying extensions from anybody (at least thats how it seems as of now) and given a short notice. The NNSA is also special because the current administrator was appointed by Bush, and Obama extended him since.