It's a revolutionary rearrangement of deck chairs on the USS Enterprise...

True. Not saying that Trump is playing 5D chess, but he does seems to be going for the elimination of the Deep State that has plagued septic admin since Dick Cheney .. 2000 odd, and the resulting flood of neocons. I assume because they were a stone in Trump's shoe during his last presidency.

US Aid emasculation that must mean some reduced funding for NED .. surely. Offering all CIA people a buy out of their government contract (which went under the radar by most) ..

See Doctorow make these points:

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