@themooserooster @blogdiva of course it was. Everybody has been pointing out that what DOGE was doing was destroying the USA soft power. And here's the thing: this is exactly where these asshats show their (criminal) foolishness: they think they can get more and pay less by using violence instead. Their inflated sense of superiority and their contempt for the poor, at every level (from the personal to the geological), will be their undoing.