Elon Musk's moves to get control of more federal agencies, and Trump lets him
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle
MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, power grab. Elon Musk moves to get control over more federal agencies as the president gives his blessing. Then backlash, the first signs of resistance to efforts to take over the government. And Trump agrees to a month-long pause on steep tariffs for Canada and Mexico. But not China. Those tariffs kick in soon as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night. |
| 0:31.7 | Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 15 of the second Trump administration. |
| 0:37.1 | And right now, we are just one hour away from Trump's first tariffs. I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 15 of the second Trump administration. |
| 0:43.8 | And right now, we are just one hour away from Trump's first tariffs going into effect on goods from China. |
| 0:47.4 | Tariffs were set to begin from goods from Canada and Mexico as well. |
| 0:49.2 | But those have been paused for a month. |
| 0:51.3 | We'll have more on that story coming up. |
| 0:55.1 | But tonight, we are certainly going to begin with the showdown over a government agency that has been a major part of our country's humanitarian efforts for more than |
| 1:00.2 | 60 years. My colleague Kelly O'Donnell has those details. Tonight, this partnership of power |
| 1:07.0 | under intense new scrutiny. President Trump and the world's richest man, Elon Musk, |
| 1:12.3 | upending federal agencies to overhaul government and slash spending. The president acknowledged |
| 1:18.1 | that Musk can get inside sensitive government computers like the Treasury Department payment system. |
| 1:24.4 | Well, he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good if we |
| 1:29.4 | agree with him. And it's only if we agree with him. The White House says in his role running the |
| 1:34.1 | Department of Government Efficiency, Musk is designated as a special government employee with top |
| 1:40.4 | secret security clearance. Elon can't do and won't do anything without our approval, |
| 1:47.6 | and we'll give them the approval we're appropriate. |
| 1:50.0 | We're not appropriate. |
| 1:51.1 | We won't. |
| 1:52.0 | A top must target? |
| 1:53.8 | The U.S. Agency for International Development. |
| 1:56.1 | He argues there is too much waste in its $42 billion budget. |
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