UK Legacy Media In absolute meltdown over Musk & Trump exposing corrupt Government fraud.
Sky News have the audacity to pretend that the American people donā€™t want this. https://t.co/yY2YLEOoCS
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That picture of President Trump and Elon Musk in the Oval Office will be iconic when the story of Trump's second term is told. It depicts a remarkable event: the President justifying a large-scale attack on the federal government. The main criticism is the lack of accountability. Trump campaigned on reforming government and rooting out waste, but the methodsā€”including Musk's involvement and mass firingsā€”were unexpected. The actions haven't provided the detailed justification the American people deserve. Yalda rightly pointed out that if elected representatives can't carry out the will of the people, we don't have a democracy. Calling the bureaucracy an unconstitutional branch of government is inaccurate. However, Trump's actions are facing legal challenges, with judges objecting to actions such as mass firings at USAID and restricting access to the treasury payment system. The debate is ongoing, and Trump's team is relying on the legal system and public opinion.
Speaker 0: You know, looking at these pictures, when the story of Donald Trump, certainly the Donald Trump second presidency is told, I think that picture will be near the top. A a quite remarkable, event. That's the president of The United States, justifying a full scale assault on the federal government in the Oval Office with, with Elon Musk by his side. I mean, the most awkward news conference starring the most awkward man with his son picking his nose, and Musk, you know, talking as he does in slogans. And I think that's part of the problem, actually.
You know? This is an individual sent in to root out waste and abuse in government. I think most of the country is for that. What they haven't seen is accountability. That's the main criticism, and I'm not sure they got much of it there.
But to your point about elected representatives, people voting for something and individuals to do their work, then, no, we're not seeing that. Yes, Donald Trump. Iran on a platform of disrupting, of reforming government, and indeed rooting out waste. But nobody saw Elon Musk coming. Nobody saw the the half dozen young men that, have been sent into these federal agencies to sack people by the thousand.
And, as I say, to this point, not justify it. Don't not deliver the kind of accountability and detailed justification that America probably wants to see. Certainly, the workers at the heart of this want to see. I think, Yalda actually, just let me refer to one line he came away with. If people can't vote and have their will decided by elective elected representatives, a president and a senate.
We don't have a democracy. He then said, we have this unconstitutional branch of government. The bureaucracy doesn't match the will of the people. Well, the will of the people very much, over time has been to construct a layer of bureaucracy to deal with America's interests, the interests of the people, whether that's social security payments or high finance. So, you know, describing bureaucracy as an unconstitutional branch of government is a stretch to say the least.
But what I would say, Ialda, is that I think they've been bounced into this, by the objections of more than one judge around the country. Trump opened this news conference by talking about billions of waste and fraud. Hard to believe, he said, that a judge could say we don't want you to weed out corruption. He called that a very serious violation. There is a, a debate going on here right now on the back of judges' objections on matters like sacking thousands at USAID, closing that down, the business of access to the treasury central payment system.
Separate judges have said you cannot do that, and we see this debate now. Certainly, team Trump are leaning on the judges, leaning on the legal system, leaning on public
