[This article first appeared at Common Dreams on October 8, 2025.]
“Waste, fraud, and abuse”
It’s President Donald Trump’s battle cry as he dismantles federal agencies, fires hundreds of thousands of employees, and demoralizes the workers who remain. It’s also another of his false flag operations.
Rather than ferreting out corruption, waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal government, Trump has undermined the very professionals who have that job: inspectors general.
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The Belly of the Beast 