The left is having a total meltdown calling it all a coup.
One thing I’ll give them - it does feel like Elon is the one running the show.
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Did his security clearance ever come through?
Sounds like it didn’t. So he is acting unconstitutionally …
Probably counting on Trump pardon 🤷♂️
If it wasn't Elon Musk it would've been someone else appointed by Trump. Following procedure wasn't something this administration did last time around. It's just getting more media coverage because the richest man in the world is the one doing it. Better click-bait.
Nah. This has Elon written all over it.
I don't think Elon Musk is the first CEO to initiate a staff reduction strategy or to review data systems to identify efficiencies.
Not at this rate. This is Elon momentum.
Last trump administration also shut everything down when they came. They just turned it all back on again because they didn't have a strategy. 8 years later they came back with one.
Maybe you’re right. I don’t know. I didn’t follow anything he did the first time around.
I followed it extremely closely. The media is doing its thang (fear mongering) and the Trump administration is pushing the narrative they want (mostly lies/exaggerations to sound effective).
We should all know better to believe anything until something actually changes. Declarations and tweets and headlines mean nothing. We gotta stop falling for it.
Did he take down USAID last time around? Sent retirement buyout offers to every federal employ? Froze a bunch of agencies spending pending review?
It’s actually not cool and very much a Fall of Rome vibe knowing that there’s an unelected zillionaire with his grubby hands in the Treasury. That’s not exactly the free market libertarian dream.
I don’t disagree. As much as I love seeing it, he should have been confirmed first …
he couldn't be a government employee without giving up like all his stocks 😂 it was never gonna happen. come on!
I am not a fan or supporter of Trump or the ideas for reform they are implementing in the Federal government. I do not believe it is apocalyptic BECAUSE it is Elon leading the effort. Most people making major decisions in the executive branch are unelected. And most political appointees lack the appropriate exp for their positions. None of this to me is unique or alarming.
And this security clearance stuff...just seems like a technicality that we all know doesn't matter if you're a billionaire. They live by a different set of rules. Billionaires have always had a direct line to any part of the government they want. Who are we kidding?
They took down most webpages on any program within agency websites the day of inauguration.
And they tried to do layoffs at the office/agency level and didn't succeed but did put in a staffing freeze the majority of their term.
They did shutdown government twice.
Again, this time they did their research and have an actual strategy.
He is doing to the Govt what worked so well for Twitter… which is keeping the productive engineers and coders while removing all the activists.
80% of staff is completely useless.
It’s a common theme that plays out everywhere… company becomes successful, hires a bunch of people to do a bunch of things spearheaded by employees who hire like minded activists, until the company spends more on activism than productive output that benefits the company or society.
Google, Apple, all companies have to do the same thing, the sooner they do, the more profitable and productive they’ll be.
A coup? Doesn't the head of the administrative branch have the responsibility to get the administrative agencies under control?
Their meltdown seems to only mean that the money is getting cut off.
What's amusing to me is that the money is dying whether they can see that or not. The end is coming one way or another. We might as well see what was going on all these years.
America voted and they are doing exactly what the people voted for. I'm truly impressed by the speed at which everything is happening. This is what real leadership looks like.