February 15, 2025
The Trump Administration is now looking to rescind the layoffs of individuals responsible for overseeing the nation’s nuclear weapons.
After Trump Administration officials fired over 300 staffers at the National Nuclear Security Administration on Feb. 13, they began to realize that some of the people they fired were indeed responsible for securing the nation’s supply of nuclear weapons and started to rescind some of those firings by Valentine’s Day.
According to CNN, four people with knowledge of the matter said that the firings came as part of a broader wave of layoffs at the Department of Energy and that the officials who fired these workers, despite the name of the administration, did not know the agency is responsible for overseeing the United States of America’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
According to one of the sources, individuals including staff who are on the ground at facilities where nuclear weapons are built, and employees at the NNSA headquarters who write requirements and guidelines for contractors who build nuclear weapons, 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.”
Another source told CNN that Congress is upset about this, and rightfully so, the NNSA is a backbone to the nation’s network of national security protocols.
Last night, the Trump administration accidentally fired more 300 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing our nuclear stockpile.
Some of the fired employees were on the ground at facilities where nuclear weapons are built. pic.twitter.com/KNs140QByi
Omg these morons are incompetent….so you’re telling me they fired 300-400 employees at the Energy Department that work on the nuclear weapons program and now want to rehire them smh….what can possibly go wrong https://t.co/QNGGzb7GPC pic.twitter.com/0IDW02mOmI
The Trump Administration fired the U.S. nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s entire weapons stockpile.
This isn't government efficiency. It's incompetence.
They are making America less safe. https://t.co/nDKgCV1JE6
“Congress is freaking out because it appears DOE (Department of Energy) didn’t really realize NNSA oversees the nuclear stockpile. The nuclear deterrent is the backbone of American security and stability – period. For there to be any even very small holes poked even in the maintenance of that deterrent should be extremely frightening to people,” the source said.
According to NPR, the firings came about as a result of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency’s slash-and-burn approach to curbing federal spending in accordance with the wishes of Donald Trump and the Trump Administration.
According to their reporting, an employee at the NNSA, a semi-autonomous agency, informed NPR that despite the critical function performed by the agency, it was not immune to the cuts instituted and directed by Musk and company, who gave the managers 200 characters to describe why the jobs under their purview mattered.
At odds with the determination by DOGE that the NNSA provides some kind of undue burden on the federal government’s budget, is the testimony of one of the NNSA’s workers.
The anonymous worker, who stayed anonymous out of fear of retaliation from the Trump Administration, told NPR that the firings have been “paused,” before saying that the work they perform is high-pressure and highly specialized work, but also that they are underpaid for doing their jobs. Citing what they had experienced in the past 24 hours, they asked, “why would anybody want to take these jobs?”
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