You should at the very least have some form of oversight on what these are, and why they are being cut.
"Elon said so" is a very weak argument.
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"Elon said so" is a very weak argument.
I’m curious, how come that each and every thing that Trump did so far is something that would bring a smile to Putin‘s face. Why is that?
No, that's not at all what I am saying. You said Elon's role isn't transparent. That was my response to your point.
My argument is that the President of the United States has certain authorities to review and make decisions on expenditures. He also has the authority to appoint and hire people to act in his name.
The abuse of power you are concerned about is a matter for the courts and/or Congress.
PS- I don't think your use of the word corruption is applied properly.
Yes and using such authority to hire someone to work without transparency, protocol or oversight is abuse of power and corruption.
I think the word is applied properly.
Wrong.
These are not and it is willful blindness by you to say so.
These may not even be Trump's decisions, as you know.
No one in the executive branch has the legal authority to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations.
Taking over the Treasury payments system and using it as a means of political retribution is not something that is a normal executive decision.
Summarily dismissing civil servants without cause is not a normal executive decision, they don't have the authority.
The "fork in the road" letters offering fake "buyouts" that aren't appropriated funds isn't something they have the authority to do.
Can't take down and scrub government websites of public data - don't have the authority.
Because it is.
That seems odd, though, because despite our differences, I didn't peg you for someone who is in favor of wanton abuse of executive power.
Congress has approved them.
The executive doesn't have the right to cancel shit and steal it for its own purposes and only re-instate the ones their new pet Congress approves of.
Of course I'm worried about them explicitly telling DOGE to not use slack so that their communications can't be FOIA'd.
You are not concerned by the blatant "Look, we can't allow the people to find out what we are doing or planning"?
And yes, Musk needs to be kept away from Government systems.
If he wants to do an audit, he should do an audit.
You know, not illegally seize systems and start rewriting code.
Wyatt seems to be very much against the idea of government accountability like that.
Far better to have unaccountable moves by diktat.
Indeed.
We warned people about the autocratic risk and people didn't listen.
Therefore it is in every citizen's interest to do what they can to resist with the tools still available to us.
I don't simply object to Musk on a personal level.
(I do object to him on a personal level, he is rather odious.)
Yes, this is the nature of politics.
Power grabs by the executive and oligarchs are part of politics.
So is resisting these abuses.
Indeed it does.
I wouldn't put any of them in a position to be a security risk, either.
The courts will get involved, yes.
We will see a lot about how the judiciary is positioned and how willing Trump and Musk are to just ignore it when it is inconvenient.
We've already seen the Republican congress go supine and submissive.
Of course, one of the reasons for all the illegal, secretive, and very fast moves is to get facts on the ground that make the court rulings irrelevant if possible.
Maybe he just doesn't like unelected poobahs appointed to positions that they are unqualified to fill because of massive campaign contributions and much ass-licking.
Yes, but they work for specialist organizations and are specifically selected and trained to do the very job that they perform.
And the role and ambit of a corporate auditor are well established.
And there is no political agenda involved. Just book-keeping.
And everyone knows and expects these audits to occur and they are not a political exercise.
And there are well-established and time-tested professional standards of ethics, procedure and competence applied.
You want me to keep thinking of differences?
In the last 3 weeks, the fartus in chief has axed well established US humanitarian / soft power projection tools with no discussion beforehand. This is the same doofus-in-chief who had to suck back in his own turds with the tariff horseshit and got overturned on the 14A EO nonsense.
These are not normal executive decisions. NONE of this crap are "normal executive decisions".
I know you yearn for a little win on the board after all the reverses since Trump took office. But ffs, read back over all the silly arguments you've just written and think long and hard!
It's a weak use of a word that is generally meant to describe abusing power and authority for personal gain.
Be careful what you wish for.
trump will fuck over the cult with disdain whenever it suits him. He'll dump you by the wayside just like every person who worked for him that either he stiffed them or they ended up in jail. Open your eyes.
Yeah, reminds of 2 symptoms of tDS that I've listed a number of times:
1)an unfailing belief that trump cares about you
2)an inability to see the reality that is right in front of their faces
Every time one of you cultists posts you unfailingly exhibit one or more traits of tDS, trump Devotee Syndrome.
You are correct that it is a phenomenon rarely seen before in history.
Things have been working out well on that front. Thanks for your concern.
