Victor Davis Hanson gives an in-depth explanation of the legitimacy of the temporary appointment of Elon Musk and the DOGE. He also explains that USAID was founded under executive order and can be dissolved by executive order. It is not an agency.
Mr. Musk has more legitimacy than some prior appointments. VDH then described what Musk is doing.
Democrats are concerned that President Trump is not spending previously appropriated money.
As far as impounding funds, Hanson said Biden set the precedent and told Ukrainians he wasn’t going to give them $1 billion, as ordered by Congress. Biden also refused to build the wall and wouldn’t spend the money on the wall as appropriated by Congress.
VDH also contrasts the actions of other presidents to demonstrate that nothing Donald Trump is doing with the DOGE is unusual.
He also mentioned something you all probably noticed. Attacking Elon Musk has taken the heat off President Trump.
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Bravo VDH!!!
Victor Davis Hanson is a total fraud. He is all over the damn place and for what? He called nearly 1m people BUFFOONS that exercised their 1A rights on J6 protesting a now so obviously stolen election – a coup that resulted in deadly consequences for what’s left of our Constitution. I call these people Patriots, not Buffoons like VDH.… Read more »
We do not need any explanation from the RINO classics professor Vic. The executive has the power. We are $36 trillion in debt. We are funding worldwide instability. RINO Vic was never in favor of any of the initiatives in Congress to “shutdown” to reduce spending. He saw those efforts like all RINOs do.
The stupid Democrat lies must be published and exploited by team Trump.
I think every bureaucracy, public or private, needs a hatchet man from time to time to weed out the bad apples, waste and fraud. As far as Biden setting precedence, it is a weak argument. If Biden had murdered millions of Republicans that wouldn’t set precedence for Trump to murder millions of Democrats. Same logic applies but what Trump could… Read more »
Donald Trump says Afuera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IPERyhpZbA
I should have read the EO because it is not a “new agency”. Sec. 3. DOGE Structure. (a) Reorganization and Renaming of the United States Digital Service. The United States Digital Service is hereby publicly renamed as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and shall be established in the Executive Office of the President. The USDS was an agency created by Obama because of… Read more »
I just learned this evening that DOGE was simply the USDS created by Obama in 2012 but renamed and will only last 18 months…..I had no idea…..It was a genius idea by Trump or Musk, because the USDS is well financed and has been legal since 2012…..so democrats cannot say ( but will anyway ) that DOGE is illegal, as… Read more »
That is great to know, I think Vic missed that, he did not do his homework. The “genius” missed a vital part of the story.
And you probably know this part already, but the USDS was created in great part because the Obamacare site was a disaster, it was not working, it kept crashing…so the USDS was created to fix that, Obama had given the contract to a black female who was friend with Michele… that is both cronyism and DEI all rolled into one,…I… Read more »