Leo Valen

I stand in solidarity with federal employees in the US and am kindly waiting for Iron Man to come to the rescue…

Elon Musk is acting like a Marvel supervillain. I wonder when Iron Man will arrive to save the United States.

Now, the IT leadership in federal agencies is being replaced by political puppets, and CIOs have already begun to resign as they see what is unfolding.

Trump calls this "the revolution of common sense." Others might call it a coup and the dismantling of democracy. IT forms the backbone of any modern organization and typically relies on strong professional environments to function effectively.

It's now Musk's and Trump's priority for IT directors to be on the front lines in implementing government policy. In practice, this means that IT directors in federal agencies who do not unconditionally follow Musk’s and Trump’s policies to the letter will be fired and replaced with loyalists.

Yesterday, a letter was sent from Trump’s newly appointed director of the Office of Personnel Management, Charles Ezell, to all departments and federal agencies stating that the role of CIO is no longer an impartial and apolitical position.

Within a few days, Elon Musk—without legal authority but with the president's blessing—has dismantled one of the world's largest aid organizations, USAID, compromised the US Treasury, and threatened all federal employees with dismissal.