The onetime Trump adviser is toying with the idea of establishing his own political party as the billionaire sours on the current administration — but some GOP lawmakers aren’t convinced Musk can compete.
He dramatically reduced his target for cutting spending — from $2 trillion to $1 trillion to $150 billion — and increasingly expressed frustration about resistance to his goals.
The protest joined more than 1,200 planned “Hands Off!” rallies taking place across the nation, pushing back against the administration’s economic policies, human rights, and government downsizing.
Jerome Walker writes of Elon Musk, "He clearly thinks rules and laws don’t apply to billionaires like him. This unelected bull in the federal china shop should worry all of us, not just business leaders."
Copeland Burchenal writes, "It is true that the federal government needs to become more efficient with how it spends its money ... but the approach which is being taken by Elon Musk is reckless, hasty, short-sighted, and very, very arrogant."
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in Congress, which controls the nation’s purse strings.
The red states’ brief says the president has broad authority to authorize executive branch employees to access the computer systems of an executive branch agency.
Michelle King left the agency rather than give billionaire Elon Musk’s task force access to sensitive information about hundreds of millions of Americans.
Jim Elliott writes, "How much disdain must Musk have for people to turn their lives upside down? Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe it should be how much love does he have for his ability to do what he wants."