“Now at least I get to watch horrible people get a dose of their own medicine”

Doge is not being this careful, in fact I’d argue that Doge will disproportionately impact people not on your target list.

All the “horrible” people you don’t like are going to be “punished” with lucrative contracts in the private sector while line workers, most of whom may agree with you suffer

If Tim Cook had that same perceived power, I imagine the narrative would be playing out differently.