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How much power does Elon Musk have?
American Thinker ^ | 02/13/2025 | Julius Sanks

Posted on 02/13/2025 10:37:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The Dem tantrum about DOGE is a sight to behold. Their resistance to Elon rooting around in Executive Branch activities is instructive. He is proving that the Dems care more about their precious bureaucrats than the voters’ will. “Hand over your cash, peasants and workers, so we can spend it as we please.”

Despite Dem claims to the contrary, Elon and his whiz kids have no policymaking authority. None. They are part of the White House executive staff. It exists to advise the president. That’s it. Only the president holds executive power. “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America” — Article II, Section I, first sentence. Not in the W.H. executive staff. Not in the courts. Not in Congress. Nor in the Executive Branch departments and agencies, though the president does delegate some authority to them. And absolutely not in the so-called independent agencies, which are totally unconstitutional.

All Elon has done is ask questions and share the answers he found. He has lifted up the rock. Exposed to sunlight, the creatures underneath are scurrying around as if their careers depend on it, and they do. They are dying in the sunlight. Four FEMA members have been fired for spending $69M of FEMA’s money to put illegal aliens in NYC hotels. Elon did not fire them. The president did, via his delegated authority to SecDHS Kristi Noem. Four creatures stomped. Good riddance.

Judges who have blocked Elon’s access to government data are way out of line. Dem claims that we are close to a constitutional crisis might be right, but only because activist judges think they can tell the chief executive what data he and his staff are allowed to see. What nonsense.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doge; elonmusk

1 posted on 02/13/2025 10:37:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s funny how the left has no problems with billionaires when they support the left.


2 posted on 02/13/2025 10:38:57 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: SeekAndFind

bkmk


3 posted on 02/13/2025 10:40:11 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks Elon and D.O.G.E. team.


4 posted on 02/13/2025 10:43:57 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: No name given

You got that right.

Anybody that sees George soros as somehow good and Elon as evil should really reevaluate their judgment.


5 posted on 02/13/2025 10:46:12 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s called the right amount of authority to do the job he was chosen to do.


6 posted on 02/13/2025 10:52:50 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: SeekAndFind

Elon has all the power that President Trump has given him.


7 posted on 02/13/2025 10:53:17 AM PST by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: SeekAndFind

Only what POTUS delegates to him.


8 posted on 02/13/2025 10:55:15 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That one reporter asked Karoline if “Elon has the power of the President”. Sheesh. She should tell them to stick to serious questions or risk being suspended from the Press Room for six months.


9 posted on 02/13/2025 10:55:38 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: SeekAndFind

Elon has 1.2 Jigawatts.


10 posted on 02/13/2025 10:56:03 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SeekAndFind

One word: consultant


11 posted on 02/13/2025 11:20:15 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: SeekAndFind

he can only point out the waste... the president is the one with the power to end it.


12 posted on 02/13/2025 11:28:01 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: SeekAndFind

His power is whatever the President delegates to him.


13 posted on 02/13/2025 11:28:20 AM PST by Iron Munro (Sun Tzu: An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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To: SeekAndFind

Exactly as much as President Trump wants to let him have. 😉


14 posted on 02/13/2025 11:59:09 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

“How much power does Elon Musk have?”

Only the power that THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (currently Donald J Trump) allows him to have.


15 posted on 02/13/2025 12:00:40 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: SeekAndFind

The power to make babies with liberal women.


16 posted on 02/13/2025 12:03:24 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: SeekAndFind

I think he has the power to investigate. Someone else makes the decisions.


17 posted on 02/13/2025 12:23:46 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: SeekAndFind

The more Elon finds, the more power Trump has, not Musk.
The more Elon finds, the more nessessary DOGE audits become.


18 posted on 02/13/2025 12:29:38 PM PST by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: SeekAndFind

All Elon has done is ask questions and share the answers.

Two more items on the democrats fear list.


19 posted on 02/13/2025 12:35:47 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: SeekAndFind

Elon has immense power when it comes to messaging, people trust him, people want to be him it is as plain and simple as that!! People respect his brilliance and work ethic!!


20 posted on 02/13/2025 12:36:05 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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