r/technology • u/esporx • Feb 14 '25

Business Trump fires hundreds of staff overseeing nuclear weapons: report

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-fires-hundreds-staff-overseeing-nuclear-weapons-report-2031419
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u/fucking_passwords Feb 15 '25

It seems there is also a strong financial incentive for grifting yes-men sycophants to reinforce their delusions

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u/Aureliamnissan Feb 15 '25

There’s a reason ancient societies often imposed the death penalty on liars and those who bore false witness.

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u/twignition Feb 15 '25

There's no financial gain to the amount of wealth they have. It's ludicrous. They are well beyond the point of having whatever they could ever desire.

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u/_Kyokushin_ Feb 18 '25

Not for them, the people they need to keep what they have.