It's Thursday, February 6th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today? The show wondering what

possibly could have motivated Greenland to ban foreign political donations ahead of its March elections.

Beats us. On today's show, because it's the day that ends in Y, Trump signed yet another executive order targeting trans kids,

and the White House does some damage control over Trump's plans for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip.

But let's start with Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and a man who once offered to impregnate Taylor Swift.

And now, he's apparently the co-president of the United States of America.

Of course, the actual president of the United States is Donald Trump. And yet it's Elon Musk and his

Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, that seemed to be in charge. On Wednesday, lawmakers

complained that Musk and his allies are knee-deep in the payment systems of the Treasury Department.

And in the words of Musk himself, he's putting the United States Agency for International Development

or USAID, quote, into the woodchipper.

He's infiltrated the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration.

And on Wednesday, Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy announced that Doge is apparently taking on the U.S. air traffic control system, an unelected billionaire and some dudes he likes, quote, plugging in to the air traffic control system. What could possibly go wrong? In fact, that's the thing, isn't it? Musk is a private citizen. Sure, he's the wealthiest man on earth with a whole

lot of thoughts on childbearing, but in the eyes of the federal government, he should just be some guy.

And some guy does not have the right to fire government employees or cancel government

appropriations or access your grandpa's social security payment information.

Musk's involvement in the federal government goes way beyond anything that's ever happened before.

And Republicans, the same ones who fearmongered about Bill Gates and wealthy Democratic donors

getting involved in politics, apparently Elon Musk getting his hands into the Treasury is cool

and good. And Democrats have seemed largely unable to respond, though that's starting to

change. California Democratic Representative Maxine Waters railed against Musk at a rally on Tuesday.

We have got to tell Elon Musk, nobody elected your ass. It's all baffling and infuriating.

...