National Security: Trump Proves He's A Reckless Imbecile.

I'll say one thing for Trump: this took a lot of chutzpah though the President is likely to regret it. OPM is offering buyouts to career civil servants and that offer even extends to national security agencies. Offers have already gone out to CIA personnel. Trump wants to put his stamp on governmental agencies. Translation: stack them with his people and then control them. 

Trump can choose his guy for CIA or any of the other agencies but this thing won't be taken lying down. National security will suffer because career officers and analysts have precious expertise that cannot easily be replaced or replicated. In short, America will be far less safe if these buyouts go ahead in the area of national security and counter-terrorism.

In short, not a decision that a thinking president would make. Ultimately, Trump will suffer the consequences, likely in more ways than one. The clock is already ticking on Ukraine, NATO and other assorted top-drawer national security issues. This decision definitely won't help matters one bit.