Chris Van Hollen actually said...

That is ethnic cleansing by another name.

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.

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.

The way that he's been sort of quote delegated authority is there- it is illegal.