During his brief unemployment, he explored opportunities flying for a private firefighting company – and still would not rule out leaving NOAA. He remains angry that fellow veterans were caught up in the layoffs.
He backed Trump due to the president’s commitment to the rule of law, he said, but now Mr Ripp thinks Trump is flouting the correct procedures for reducing the federal workforce.
You just have to understand the context. “Extensive process” = creation of Project 2025 and indoctrination into its ideology. The “mission” being the dismantling and stripping of parts of the government and leaving only behind yes-men. Once you plug those parts into the equation, it does actually make a lot of sense.