# Why little to no (civil) resistance to Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 13, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275 "2025-02-13T17:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![haydnquartet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@haydnquartet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haydnquartet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/124 "2025-02-20T05:29:31Z")
I’m well aware of the NNSA. It is the military that deploys and uses nuclear weapons. No firing of anyone at the NNSA would cause any immediate critical situations. The NNSA is mainly concerned with stockpiling nuclear material for use in weapons and energy and insuring nuclear material is not stolen. They don’t have much to do with the deployment or use of nuclear weapons. ---
**Author:** ![haydnquartet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@haydnquartet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haydnquartet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/125 "2025-02-20T05:33:22Z")
What is a Karoline Leavitt BOT? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/126 "2025-02-20T06:08:02Z")
> [@haydnquartet](#): > > No firing of anyone at the NNSA would cause any immediate critical situations. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lvx6ctj2xkeka6mys5bvndo3/bafkreie47qvezvwywck6d3bk7y4lur4b5ycmyyoxvw3v7zk4dxgfolgfmu@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lvx6ctj2xkeka6mys5bvndo3/bafkreie47qvezvwywck6d3bk7y4lur4b5ycmyyoxvw3v7zk4dxgfolgfmu@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![haydnquartet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@haydnquartet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haydnquartet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/127 "2025-02-20T07:16:58Z")
I guess you’re welcome to believe lies if you wish. There is no verification of that story. Doesn’t it sound just a little pat to you? I’m sure MSNBC will pick it up and report on it soon and then it will be proven to be a lie. But by then, everyone that hates Trump will believe it. And only about 50 people were let go from the NNSA and 25 were rehired. The 300 number that all the news agencies are screaming about is the total of the DOE. Also, Musk is firing no one. DOGE has no authority to do that. They can only audit and make recommendations. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/128 "2025-02-20T08:03:43Z")
What’s the source for the screenshot about being terminated while transporting a package?( which is presumably radioactive ) . It doesnt sound logical. The package belongs to somebody, and the driver can’t be “stranded” with somebody else’s property…that would be theft. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/129 "2025-02-20T08:41:49Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > What’s the source for the screenshot about being terminated while transporting a package?( which is presumably radioactive ) . “Physics package” is the longstanding technical jargon used for a nuclear device. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/130 "2025-02-20T12:15:08Z")
> [@haydnquartet](#): > > Also, Musk is firing no one. DOGE has no authority to do that. They can only audit and make recommendations. LOL they are NOT doing any kind of audit. Show me the statistics on the auditing. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/131 "2025-02-20T12:42:08Z")
> [@haydnquartet](#): > > Also, Musk is firing no one. DOGE has no authority to do that. They can only audit and make recommendations. _Au contraire_ > **[An Explosion of Lies](https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/an-explosion-of-lies?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4y8eu)** > > The Musk Administration chokes on the truth ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/132 "2025-02-20T20:19:58Z")
> [@haydnquartet](#): > > There should never be more protections for government workers than there are workers in the private sector. What’s fucked up here is that your solution to this isn’t to try to get private sector workers more protections. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/133 "2025-02-25T10:36:10Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Why would martial law be expected if it was just an ordinary, peaceful march/protest? I mean, yeah, it would be massive and disruptive in the fact that a lot of jobs would be shut for the day…a lot of vital jobs… > …but people are allowed to leave their jobs if they want, that is not against the law, nor is protesting as long as it’s orderly and peaceful. Because it’s all about control. Fascists want control, they demand control. That many people demonstrating they are NOT controlled would of necessity provoke a violent response. All manner of excuses - they’re traitors, it’s a terrorist act, it’s illegal, etc. These are not people who respect the law. They either twist it to their own profit or ignore it completely. Such a strike would threaten their power base and they would respond with force. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275/134 "2025-02-25T11:01:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Au contraire Very nice link, @ThelmaLou . I particularly enjoyed this: > [@](#): > > All in all, what we’ve just witnessed is a stunning display of incompetence, dismissal of critical federal workers by people with no idea of what they do and why it matters. Musk and Trump have, of course, apologized and promised to do better in the future. > > See, I made a joke. > > What they have actually done is try to cover up the mess they made with desperate lies — and the lies themselves provide even more evidence that they have no idea what they’re doing. I’m starting to wonder if the United States government will last until the end of this year. It will be embroiled in lawsuits from unions, lawsuits from individuals, lawsuits from who-knows-what, following “loyalty tests” and well-qualified applicants being denied jobs because they’re not white enough. Something’s gonna happen, and it ain’t gonna be pretty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275.md?page=6)