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Elon Musk’s vast and opaque forces are growing as he seeks new targets for his federal shredding.
President Donald Trump’s government efficiency director has been to his latest casualty, an independent government agency established to protect Americans from the Wall Street excess that caused a massive recession. I’m trapped.
Consumer Financial Protection Agency employees were reportedly closed Sunday afternoon in Washington, D.C., the headquarters of Watchdog was closed this week, and the day after Trump’s budget manager Russell Vert took over as acting director and told staff members, remotely. I was suddenly told I should work. Stop fighting financial abuse.
“CFPB RIP,” Musk wrote on X on Friday.
The institution, which has long been a tourist destination for GOP, appears to be following a similar path to the US International Development Agency, saving millions of lives worldwide and promoting democracy for decades I’ve done it, but Musk is bored. On Sunday, Trump called USAID “crazy” and “big scam.”
It is said that Trump has already been approved by Congress using Trump’s enforcement power to slash his staff and stop spending already approved by Congress, which he is openly approved by Congress. They are protesting and warnings that the presidency is seizing power that it does not have.
But Musk’s role in his unselected forces is unprecedented. The world’s wealthiest people have fired or stopped government workers, destroyed our soft global powers, and access data and personal information about potentially millions of Americans.
Several courts have stepped in to temporarily suspend Trump and Musk’s plans. But everything is heading towards one of the most important showdowns over the scope of presidential power in modern history.
Many people predict that Musk and Trump are heading towards breakup, given that they need to be alpha dogs in every room. But Trump has shown no official signs of fatigue from Tesla pioneers, who are acting as a key agent in the president’s revenge and chaos agenda. The president shrugged the cover of the Time Magazine showing the musk behind an oval office desk.
“I had a great help from the amazing Elon Musk, he’s great,” Trump said in a Super Bowl interview that it aired on Fox on Sunday. Trump replied whether he trusted Musk. Ah, he’s got nothing. In fact, how can he spend his time? He’s hooked on it. ”
Their alliance may be more permanent than many would expect.
In many ways, Trump and Musk have complementary goals. Each of them shows they dislike rules and regulations that restrict behavior in their business careers. The political activism of the president and technology visionary shows a lightning for checks and balance. Musk has been upset recently on behalf of Europe’s far-right parties. For example, it reflects Trump’s light emptying against voter will in 2020.
And ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Republicans are trying to maintain the good side of X-owners who threw millions of dollars last year to elect Trump and fellow Republicans. It has all kinds of incentives.
So far, Trump’s political blitzkrieg — endless television appearances, executive order snowstorms and appearing on a massive NFL Sunday — appears to be working.
A new CBS News poll on Sunday showed that 53% of adults approved the handling of the presidency. Approximately 70% of poll respondents say what the president has done so far is “the same thing he promised in his campaign.” Pursuing what he calls the “common sense” agenda, Trump began purges hard-pressed immigrants and banned trans athletes from female sports and targeted federal officials. Many of these issues resonated with Trump’s loyal foundation and a wider cohort of swing voters in last year’s election.
But Trump has several warning signs. A CBS poll found that two-thirds of Americans don’t think the new administration is focusing adequately on price cuts. This is probably the most important issue in elections. And only 28% believe his policy will cut costs. The president’s tariff policy will be enforced by a promise to announce a 25% obligation on steel and aluminum imports on Monday, and risk governing inflation and hiking the costs of goods and services.
And while it’s a permanently popular position for outsider politicians to attack the federal government, Trump said that the demolition of agencies began to infringe services, and many Americans were able to stake the benefits that originated in Washington. If you start bringing it, you can ultimately pay the price.
The newly established president is almost always gone. And Trump’s crushing the federal government risks alienating many moderate voters, even if Democrats struggle to find a message to counter him.
They tried to take Trump by referring to “President Musk,” but many of their attempts to rebel against the White House attacks on Washington’s agencies have led many voters to defend the federal government with distrust. They put them in a position.
Cabinet Secretary and GOP Leader Folds Before Musk Authority
The president’s solid support for masks is somehow incited Sunday morning news programs to protect them, even if his superiority overturned their strength, Trump explains why officials, ministers, secretaries and senior Republicans incited them.
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem told CNN’s Dana Bash that Trump and Musk have shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “Yes, we’ll remove FEMA in the way it exists today,” Noem said in “Unionalized States,” adding that funds normally used for FEMA after a disaster should go to states and local governments.
This represents a major political risk for Trump, who suggested that he would “remove FEMA” when touring North Carolina’s flood damage last month. In many previous disasters, including hurricanes and wildfires, local officials have struggled at times without FEMA expertise or scale. And natural disasters could possibly backfire the president politically if they were mismanaged.
Noem also insisted that she had no problem digging musk holes deep inside the DHS, but she had to reduce it. Her interview included an astonishing exchange that underscored the immeasurable power of SpaceX Boss.
Noem was asked if she was okay with Musk (a civilian not confirmed by Congress) by accessing private data on disaster victims, as reported in the Washington Post. “The president has given him access to it,” Noem said. “And are you happy with that?” Bash asked. Noem replied: “Absolutely… we can’t trust the government anymore.”
“But you’re government now,” Bash said.
“Yes, that’s what I’m saying. People in America are saying that we’re sharing personal information and publishing it there,” Noem said.
Bash added: “Elon Musk has access to it. You just said he is,” Noem replied: “Yes, but Elon Musk is part of the administration, where is his savings, what? It helps you identify if you can.”
Mike Waltz, a former member of the Congress who previously supported USAID, has cited masks as a move by closing many of the institutional programs critics offer to enemies such as Russia and China. It was justified. Developing countries.
He said that USAID’s mission is “aligned with the purpose of the United States, and that the US goals meet the president’s goals as commander,” and that NBC “fulfills encounters.” He added: “But it’s not. Many of these senior aid authorities have their own agendas and are heading in their own direction.”
Waltz noted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a waiver from the USAID program, focusing on nutrition and medicine for life. However, many aid workers around the world have told CNN that what’s included is massive disruption, with programs and projects being shut down everywhere.
Another institution that may immediately feel the presence of musk is the pentagon. The multi-billion dollar issue in the SpaceX Chief federal contract raises certain red flags here, but the second Trump administration appears completely indifferent to ethical issues and conflicts of interest involving masks or other senior officials Masu.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses said on Fox Business’s Sunday Morning Futures, “Eron Musk and Doge come to our department to streamline the process, speedy acquisition, waste reduction, tail.” It argued that it would help identify additional ways that can be cut off. To put it on the teeth.”
Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan told Manu Raju about CNN’s “inside politics” that Trump is doing exactly what he was elected. “No one wants to protect waste, fraud, abuse, so they attack guys who are exposing all the waste, fraud, and ridiculous things we spend money on,” Ohio Republican said. spoke about the mask. And referring to Trump, Jordan added: “Frankly, 77 million people knew he was going to do this, so they voted for him on Election Day for this.”
But even the president has not gained the power to ignore laws passed in Congress or the constitutional reality that lawmakers have the power of their wallets. So Trump is running high now as Musk trains his destruction balls with Washington’s new target, but a massive, historic constitutional battle may be ahead.
