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The Trump's administration's failure to learn the institutional knowledge of the preceding administration is a systemic failure that is chronicled in Michael Lewis' book "The Fifth Risk," which I highly recommend if you haven't read it (unless you can't take in more depressing stuff at the present moment). The consequences of that failure are being felt in ways large and small. Some low-probability but major risk was bound to crop up, such as failing to prevent radioactive material from being acquired by terrorists, or failing to take advantage of what little preparations we had made for a pandemic.

[oldalum]

The Trump's administration's failure to learn the institutional knowledge of the preceding administration is a systemic failure that is chronicled in Michael Lewis' book "The Fifth Risk," which I highly recommend if you haven't read it (unless you can't take in more depressing stuff at the present moment). The consequences of that failure are being felt in ways large and small. Some low-probability but major risk was bound to crop up, such as failing to prevent radioactive material from being acquired by terrorists, or failing to take advantage of what little preparations we had made for a pandemic.