Here’s an idea: Maybe don’t trash people who have chosen national security as their life’s work late on a Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend.

Secretary of State and acting national security adviser Marco Rubio did exactly that on Friday. Axios reported the downsizing involving more than 100 National Security Council staffers. While those staffers will now return to their home agencies in the U.S. government, serving on the NSC is a great honor that has to be earned through hard work and exceptional performance.