And now for a moment of clarity.

Clearly, the cabinet secretary sat there and listened to Elon Musk,

unconfirmed, unelected.

What do you make of both the power dynamic,

and do you think that the American people are going to buy

what they're selling?

I don't know about the latter part so much.

I mean, that's changing in quarters as folks on the ground begin to experience more and more of what Doge isn't.

It is not a government efficiency operation. It is not, you know, designed to spare those who are directly impacted by these decisions.

But the first part is notable, because in so many ways, you have this unelected man standing there dominating the room.

He is the most important person in that room, and that includes the president of the United States.

You really believe that he is more important than Donald Trump.

Yes, the fact that he was the first to speak, that the president didn't set the tone for the meeting.

The president didn't lay out why they were there and what the cat, and then say, you know,

let's talk about some of the things that we're doing. This is where we start. The second thing that,

for me, that's important to note that this sort of crazy question is, so some of y'all are

upset with Musk and what he's doing, who are you, right?

We all know who they are.

It's been reported who they are.

It's been reported that certain departments have told their folks, ignore that last

email that came from this idiot about telling you what you did last week, right? So the fact that

that question was asked was designed to check them. And the fact that they just sat there like

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