Trump's razor: Why attribute something to incompetence when you can attribute it to patriotic sabotage?
There's no patriotism in protecting chomos.
It's certainly possible that some of the underlings are deliberately sabotaging orders from above. It's also possible that they're incompetent, as so many of the Trump team are. How would we know which it is?
There's no patriotism here. That's just part of the cover for seeking power.