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Confirmed: White Supremacist Troll Chuck C. Johnson Is Advising the Trump Team on Appointees

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷1/09/2017 5:44:37 pm PST

Trump just dismissed the people in charge of maintaining our nuclear arsenal.

gizmodo.com

Between the Trump transition team’s infighting, incompetence, and high-profile resignations, 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.

It is usual for the incoming President to maintain those positions from the previous administration; President Obama did not replace President Bush’s appointees until his second term.