# Extricating us from the Imbroglio: Repairing the Damage

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extricating-us-from-the-imbroglio-repairing-the-damage/931007 "2021-01-20T18:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extricating-us-from-the-imbroglio-repairing-the-damage/931007/15 "2021-01-21T05:19:00Z")

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Here’s a clear example of the detrumpification I want to see done by Biden and reported/discussed in this thread: From the thread about Trump appointing Michael Ellis as NSA General Counsel:

> [@Ellis as NSA General Counsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellis-as-nsa-general-counsel/930995/11):
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> Posted by @flurb:
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> And in another sign that Biden is not fucking around, [he fired the general counsel at the National Labor Relations Board](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/trump-labor-board-460978) after he refused Biden’s request to resign. This is an appointed – not civil service – position, but his term was not due to expire until November of this year.

Here’s Biden firing a Trump appointee who was appointed for a fixed term, before that term is up.

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