DOGE, Musk and Trump
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The display of unity between President Trump and Elon Musk comes after Musk issued a series of criticisms of Trump's policies, both directly and through his companies.
Elon Musk exited the White House this week with little to show for his cost-cutting push and a list of frustrations from his time in the Trump administration. The tech billionaire announced
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At least three lawsuits are pending that accuse Trump of unconstitutionally handing the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive officer the equivalent of a cabinet-level post over the past four months
Under Elon Musk, DOGE saved taxpayers $175 billion. But lawsuits and lack of congressional buy-in have limited its impact on making major cuts to government waste.
If it wasn't for his shock-and-awe destruction of government, Elon Musk's DOGE era might have been defined by his many MAGA feuds.
Musk highlighted how the bill would increase the deficit by about $3.8 trillion by 2034. He also had philosophical disagreements with the premise of the bill, saying, “I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both.”
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The New Republic on MSNTrump Economic Adviser Insists Tariff Situation Is Under ControlWhite House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett insisted Thursday that Donald Trump “always wins,” even after the president’s vacillating tariff policies faced a massive defeat in federal court.
A US federal court’s ruling late Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s authority to levy some of his most sweeping tariffs may have also dealt a serious blow to the president’s entire economic agenda.
That was the question in front of the federal courts that ruled against President Trump’s tariffs in the last couple days. The judges weren’t deciding whether the tariffs are good for the country but whether the president has the power to impose them all by himself.
Obama-appointed federal judge Tanya Chutkan dismisses Trump as defendant but allows challenge pertaining to Elon Musk's DOGE work to continue.