Summary
Trump reversed his directive to fire thousands of probationary (newly-hired) federal employees after a judge ruled the mass terminations were likely illegal.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) clarified that agencies are not required to comply with previous instructions to fire employees who have held their jobs for a year or less. Instead, agencies have until September 13 to develop their own staffing reduction plans.
Some agencies, like the National Science Foundation (NSF), are now rehiring previously fired employees.
Federal labor unions have sued, arguing the firings violated procedural rules and congressional authority. The administration’s sudden reversal still leaves uncertainty about affected workers’ status.
I never watched the show (thankfully), but I always thought that having Trump ridicule/fire these people was part of the ‘entertainment/joke’ aspect of everything because he himself was widely regarded as a joke of businessman… person… Ya know, just a joke in general.
Imagine my surprise to find out - decades later - that apparently not everyone was in on the joke…