– NIST to lose 100’s of mainly CHIPS Act people – If no people are left to administer CHIPS Act it dies by default – Following USAID play book to kill an unwanted program – Using the “probationary” clause as excuse to fire recent CHIPS hires Trump will kill CHIPS Act by gutting NIST employees Much as was seen in the gutting of the USAID program by essentially firing all of the employees save a few to turn off the lights when exiting, so too will Trump’s disliked CHIPS Act program get killed by d...