Regarding Ellis leaving the NSA only 1 day after being appointed…
What if he was simply sent there to retrieve some data? Some data that only he could retrieve?
Also what if Joe is just appointed to a "play President" set to fool big tech and big pharma as well as numerous dumb constituents who only voted for him because he wasn't Trump.
May all the changes he makes disproportionately affect their mental health, so that when the truth comes out, their brains will explode from overload. After all they only have gears and springs inside their heads, not actual neurons.