"The public did not give Trump a mandate to dismantle whole chunks of the federal govt...

X.com ^ | 1:28 PM · Feb 9, 2025 | Aaron Rupar✓@atrupar

[E. Pluribus Unum]

...It gave him a mandate to kick the tires, check the dipstick, and make sure things are running well and efficiently. What Elon Musk is doing is way beyond any mandate that Trump could possibly claim."

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Their instanity is now on full display.

[Political Junkie Too]

Let President Trump's approval ratings be the decider of what mandates the "public" gave or didn't give to President Trump.

-PJ

[chajin]

Please don’t tell me what my vote meant. I know what it meant, and it meant what is happening now, and more so.

[Texas Eagle]

Uhhhhhh, on behalf of the public, may I say, “the hell we didn’t!”

[so_real]

Wrong. This is exactly what We the People hoped would happen. MAGA!

[Nateman]

For someone who has gone ‘way beyond his mandate’ President Trump is now more popular than he has ever been 60%+.

[EastTexasTraveler]

“The public did not give Trump a mandate to dismantle whole chunks of the federal govt...”

Yes we did.

[libertylover]

I had hoped for major changes and Trump is delivering more than I hoped for.

[Political Junkie Too]

Nolte — CBS Poll: Trump at 53% Job Approval, 59% Approve of Deportations

-PJ

[Billthedrill]

This guy is apparently a little thick. That is exactly what “the public” elected Trump to do.

[bigbob]

Drain the Swamp doesn’t mean leaving it as it is, dumbass.

[Joe 6-pack]

"...It gave him a mandate to kick the tires, check the dipstick, and make sure things are running well and efficiently."

This dipstick needs to check himself.

[HamiltonJay]

WRONG.

I didn’t hire a “tire kicker”.

If folks wanted a Tire Kicker, Haley or Desantis would have been the candidate.

These people just don’t get it.

[rovenstinez]

It was why we elected him. He has a MANDATE to drain the swamp.. Let;s get it done, a real dirty job.

[al_c]

Hey ... ripping off the bandaid isn’t painless. Deal with it.

[cgbg]

We elected President Trump to put his toe in the swamp and say “oh that is wet and stinks” and then do nothing about it?

Lol.

[DesertRhino]

I hired him to throw people like you out of helicopters over the ocean.

[gundog]

It gave him a mandate to kick the tires, check the dipstick, and make sure things are running well and efficiently...

But not adjust the inflation(!), change the oil, or do a tune-up/ overhaul? Your analogy is wanting.

[rlmorel]

Who is this dipstick who said "...It gave him a mandate to kick the tires, check the dipstick, and make sure things are running well and efficiently..."?

THIS is what people voted for:

[SaxxonWoods]

Yes, we did give him a mandate to do exactly that. The people that voted against him didn’t, but they lost.