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I think someone who actually is a friend of Elon Musk needs to do an intervention because I think he's becoming Icarus,
conservative radio host Erick Erickson said in a Wednesday broadcast
I represent a lot of people in MAGA and break many important stories, ... It's outrageous and un-American that a TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL is deliberately trying to harm my livelihood by cutting off my subscriptions and shadow-banning my account. This egregious retaliatory censorship needs to end. The assault on President Trump's base NEEDS TO END NOW!"
she wrote in a January 22 post on XPresident Donald Trump expects competing voices in his administration to receive the best possible outcomes,
said SalasI've never seen action like this in my life. I've never seen someone on another aspect of the government that has been deputized by the president himself come in and openly criticize him,
he told PoliticoElon Musk is, by nature, a contrarian,
political strategist Denny Salas told Newsweek.jpg)
The reason I'm in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B...I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend,
Musk had replied to criticsWhile Elon Musk is certainly a wily creature, he is not wild,
he addedWhile this instruction has been delivered previously, I am reiterating that no member of the incoming administration or Transition speaks for the United States or the President-elect himself,
Wiles wrote in a memo reported by the New York Post
The West Wing staff is a mix of new and veterans — many are young, all are prepared to work punishing hours,
she saidNobody disputes that there is a huge amount of wasteful spending in the federal government,
Kel McClanahan, executive director of National Security Counselors, told Newsweek in an email this weekThe way [DOGE] has been operating was under a shroud of secrecy with a number of concerns,
said Skye Perryman, CEO of Democracy Forward, a national legal organization that often challenged the first Trump administration in court and is serving as counsel to the plaintiffs a new lawsuit regarding the department's transparencyGovernment work is not corporate work, and any recommendations made without that perspective are doomed to fail,
he saidA ‘new’ system to communicate… except that OPM has always had an emergency text and email system,
a Justice Department employee texted
Looks like a phishing attempt,
one federal worker told NBC NewsThe Trump ladies are doing a great service for fashion and beauty in America,
commented @garricnIvanka Trump is done with politics and says she isn't coming back,
she said in an article published on SundayI realize what is great for the country isn’t always what’s optimal for your companies, but in your new role i hope you’ll mostly put 🇺🇸 first.”
Altman shot back at Musk on X
We are now working with him to make sense of his ideas — ideas are innovative. Execution not so much,
said the White House official, who saidNo, it doesn’t. He hates one of the people in the deal.”
Trump saidThe government’s not putting up anything. They’re putting up money. They’re very rich people, so I hope they do,
Trump said