The Trump Presidency Timeline

After **firing over 1,000 FDA scientists**, including those reviewing **Elon Musk’s brain chip company**, the administration is now **begging them to come back**—because it turns out gutting the agency that ensures **food, drugs, and medical devices are safe** was a bad idea. But hey, at least Musk’s **$250 million donation** to Trump’s campaign wasn’t wasted on efficiency or competence.

The Trump administration’s war on federal workers hit a snag—people actually fought back. After public outrage over mass firings at the National Park Service, the administration has reversed course on plans to eliminate thousands of seasonal workers. The abrupt about-face comes after a coordinated media blitz from outdoor enthusiasts, park rangers, and angry Americans who actually like their public lands. But the damage isn’t fully undone—about 1,000 full-time employees were still axed as part of Trump and Musk’s purge of career federal workers. Meanwhile, fired Yosemite maintenance worker Olek Chmura went viral after calling out the absurdity of targeting low-wage park employees as “government waste.” Apparently, scraping toilets in a national park is too much for the federal budget, but tax cuts for billionaires? No problem.

The Trump administration just fired over 300 staffers from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)—the agency responsible for maintaining America’s nuclear stockpile—because apparently, nobody bothered to check what they actually do. Sources say Energy Department officials didn’t realize the NNSA oversees nuclear weapons, leading to panic on Capitol Hill and a frantic effort to reverse some of the firings within hours. The mass layoffs included staff who inspect nuclear weapons and enforce security protocols, prompting lawmakers to warn that the move threatens national security at a time when Russia is attacking nuclear sites in Ukraine. In a last-minute reversal, the NNSA’s acting administrator told staff that many fired employees may get their jobs back, but the situation remains chaotic—because nothing says "national security" like a bureaucratic dumpster fire.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken “transparency” to new and classified levels—publishing secret intelligence agency data on its public website. Despite claiming to exclude intel agencies, DOGE’s database exposed budget and staffing details for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)—the agency responsible for U.S. spy satellites. Intelligence officials are scrambling to assess the damage, with some questioning where Musk’s team got the data and what else they have. Meanwhile, the White House insists it’s not classified, because the best way to handle a national security breach is gaslighting.

Elon Musk’s dark-money empire has struck again, this time bankrolling a $5 million “whistleblower” fund to root out election fraud—which, shockingly, turned up nothing. The Fair Election Fund, a Musk-connected operation disguised as a grassroots effort, promised big cash rewards for evidence of fraud. Instead, it funneled money into right-wing pet projects, including attacks on ballot access for third-party candidates when they weren’t helping Trump. Despite the lack of any real fraud findings, the group kept the GOP’s conspiracy train rolling, shifting focus to absurd claims about ActBlue “stealing” donations and “noncitizen voting” in swing states. Naturally, none of those investigations ever saw the light of day. Now, the Fair Election Fund has gone radio silent, its website untouched since October, its X account inactive since November, and its spokesman—former Rep. Doug Collins—off to lead Trump’s Office of Government Ethics, because irony is dead.

In a dazzling display of cybersecurity prowess, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has launched its official website, doge.gov, with all the fortifications of a sandcastle at high tide. Independent web developers discovered that the site's database is as open as a public library, allowing anyone with a keyboard to publish content directly to this "official" government platform. Demonstrating the site's robust security, one developer added entries proclaiming, "this is a joke of a .gov site" and "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN ... ." This revelation comes hot on the heels of Musk's assurance that DOGE's operations would be "maximally transparent," a promise now fulfilled beyond our wildest expectations. As the site continues to mirror DOGE's posts from Musk's social media platform X and display various statistics about the federal workforce, one can't help but marvel at the administration's avant-garde approach to digital governance.