Can anyone stop President Musk?
My editor reminds me that many of you were not paying attention in civics class and so: our government’s famed checks and balances system relies on Congress controlling spending. Musk’s job was originally framed as making recommendations for programs that Congress could cut.
The present Trump administration, which also did not pay attention in civics class, either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about checks and balances.
We are all supposed to pretend this is happening in the name of efficiency and cost-savings, and not as a way for Musk to pursue his shitty personal feuds. How posting to X at all hours of the day is efficient is a question I’m not sure anyone can answer, but then, it’s kind of one of the more minor questions in this scenario. And when I say “this scenario,” I mean that Elon Musk is going to do whatever he wants, and post through it, and threaten anyone who tries to stop him with, apparently, a US attorney.