The Customer Is Always Right How Trump Engineered a Decision Architecture Where Truth No Longer Fits

Donald Trump opened his second term in January 2025 with what had become his signature move: mass firings. In the first days, sixteen inspectors general were out. Dozens of senior Justice Department officials, State Department diplomats, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard followed. The FBI went to Kash Patel. The CIA went to John Ratcliffe. National Intelligence went to Tulsi Gabbard. The NSA lost General Timothy Haugh. The dual-hat command of the NSA and Cyber Command was split, so intelligence could be handed to a political appointee.

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