Van Jones, political analyst and former Special Adviser of the former president Barack ObamaHe said, “If Donald Trump He is smart, “” He was shooting, achieving and receiving the employees of the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) who worked during the billionaire era Elon Musk.
Newsweek I arrived at the White House via email to comment on Thursday night.
Why do it matter
Public quarrels between Musk and Trump escalated about the Trump spending bill called “the big and beautiful bill” on social media on Thursday, which drew the national attention to the highly risky battle that touches on confidence issues in public institutions, government financing and political polarization.
The notes arrived amid a broader general dispute that includes Musk, DOGE and the Trump administration, which occurs throughout the second term of the president, with an increasing audit about Doge’s access to sensitive taxpayers information.
What do you know
While talking to CNN‘s Anderson Cooper Jones said on Thursday. [David] Axelrod was only speaking, which is very dangerous. If Donald Trump is smart, the first thing he will do is fire, investigation and trial all Elon residents who are all throughout the government by downloading their laptops at the present time. “
“I don’t think what they are doing is legal,” said Jones. “Many of them do not have the right permits and I think that if you investigate, you will find that they have downloaded data to servers … This is the wrong thing to do. So, I think there should be certainly there.”
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Jones added that in the short term, Trump must follow Doug and long -term, he must focus on republican The party generally holds MUSK hundreds of millions of dollars to drop the close elections.
During, Many of DOGE employees In federal agencies, he resigned in protest after Musa’s decision to cut off government roles and entire programs. These increasing resignations on Dog’s role in reaching sensitive government data have been followed, with critics warning of “potential security violations” and preachers who argue in innovation and efficiency.
Dog’s endeavor to reach Tax motivation data in the Tax AuthorityIn particular, more increased concerns. There have been increasing concerns that the DOGE employees working within government agencies could get information unrelated to their immediate operational needs, which increases the risk of exposure or abuse of tax records.
Dog was also involved in many lawsuits related to her endeavor to access general and governmental data.
What people say
Trump posted on the social truth on Thursday: “I don’t mind that Elon turns against me, but he should have done so for months. This is one of the greatest bills that I have ever. Congress. It is a standard reduction in expenditures, $ 1.6 trillion, and the largest tax reduction ever. If this bill does not pass, there will be a 68 % tax increase, and things are much worse. I did not create this chaos, because I am only here to fix it. This places our country on the path of greatness. Make America great again! “
Musk was published to X on Wednesday: “This spending bill contains the largest increase in the roof of debt in the history of the United States! It is the bondage bill.”
David Axelrod, former CNN’s CNN adviser, when asked whether Moussk was partially played by Trump: “Well, I mean, Trump is the president and this is what he wanted. He suffered financially as a result, and it may be worse if Trump is really inclined. I mean he lost, Timing She lost 14 percent of its value today due to this exchange between Trump and Musk. So, I don’t know if he had played. “
“But Donald Trump, as I said, is not emotional. He uses people, uses everyone. I think he used … Musk, but I think Musk also used it.”
Axelrod continued to point out that Musk practiced his strength through X, his wealth and the following is the following.
What happens after that
Musk left his position in Washington, DC, where he led Dog because the future of the initiative is immediately clear.
Meanwhile, Trump has made a deadline Senate Republican leaders to pass the spending bill and his office before the fourth of July.
