You've got Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the federal government and important services, and there's no Article 4 in the Constitution that gives Elon Musk that authority... the actions he's taking are illegal, and we need to shut down this…
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We don't know what the president meant. But as you pointed out, you've got Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the federal government.
The way that he's been sort of quote delegated authority is there- it is illegal.
This is America in retreat, and China and Russia and our adversaries are celebrating every moment of this as our allies are scared to death.
It's terrible negotiating to give up those cards right up front, as- as Trump has done.
This outrageous idea that Donald Trump put on the table of cleaning out 2 million Gazans. That is ethnic cleansing by another name.
It is not realistic to have Palestinians remain in Gaza while it is rebuilt.
We are witnessing the great betrayal of the American people.
We just talked about the great betrayal of the Ukrainian people.
What we are witnessing are illegal actions by Elon Musk.
The actions he's taking are illegal, and we need to shut down this illegal operation.
Elon Musk doesn't have the authority to require State Department employees to answer these questions.
What we're witnessing now is the great betrayal of the American people.
I think Trump is much closer ideologically to Putin and other autocrats around the world than he is to democratic countries.
This is not 'America First'. This is America in retreat.