The Stupidity. The Hurtful Stupidity

 

"The Trump administration on Thursday informed hundreds of probationary employees responsible for producing critical weather forecasts, maintaining radar systems, gathering data from satellites and monitoring key commercial fisheries that they were fired." (Scott Dance, WashPost) 

800 souls, doing vital jobs connected to the health and safety of millions of citizens.

The targeted agencies: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service. The jobs named above are actually crucial for tornado season, already underway and predicted to be fierce, and we're only three measly months before the official start of hurricane season.

That's Trump 2.0 for you, stupid in its haste to pose as a showboating strongman, playing to the gullible plebs. 

The real power (and coincidental hit-man), Elon Musk, could give a giant fuck. He has his own weather people.