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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Presidents’ Day protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Msnbc, Versant, Government, Senate

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This Presidents’ Day, thousands protested Trump & Musk’s government overhaul. Plus, the DOGE team is demanding access to taxpayer data and mass layoffs continue as the White House prepares to fire DHS officials. And, the latest updates on the Delta plane that crashed and overturned on landing at the Toronto Airport. Jacqueline Alemany, Melanie Zanona, Tom Nichols, David Cay Johnston, Zoë Schiffer, Tim Miller, Teddy Schleifer, and Jon Meacham join The 11th Hour this Monday.

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0:00.0

Tonight, backlash as opponents of the Trump-Muss government overhaul take to the streets.

0:06.4

The Doge team pushes for access to taxpayers' personal data as the White House prepares to fire

0:12.2

homeland security officials who might not agree with Trump's agenda.

0:16.2

And a Delta Airlines jet crashes and overturns at the Toronto airport.

0:22.4

The latest as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.

0:30.5

Good evening. Once again, I'm Stephanie Rule. It is day 29 of the second Trump administration.

0:36.3

And on this president's day, Americans in cities

0:38.9

from coast to coast gathered to protest the Trump administration and what it has done over

0:44.0

the last month. Some protesters called it the not my president's day. The official White

0:49.3

House X account celebrated the federal holiday by posting the mugshot of Donald Trump, the first convicted

0:55.9

felon elected president. But it is this Trump post over the weekend that is getting the most

1:01.4

attention from serious people, quote, he who saves his country does not violate any law. Meanwhile,

1:09.2

just one month into Trump's new term, one of his decisions is already headed

1:13.5

to the Supreme Court. Trump's lawyers are asking the justices to let him fire the head of the

1:18.9

office of special counsel. That is the independent agency that protects government whistleblowers

1:24.5

and enforces all important ethics laws. Also in Washington, it seems like

1:29.9

Judge Tanya Chutkin will not immediately stop what Elon Musk and his Doge team are doing to the federal

1:35.8

government. She says the states filing the lawsuit are relying mostly on news reports about what

1:41.5

Musk is doing and not showing enough evidence that he's actually

1:44.9

doing damage. Kelly O'Donnell has a closer look at what Musk and the Doge team are actually up to.

1:51.7

President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk's Doge team continue to make cuts,

1:58.8

including at the Federal Aviation Administration. Close to 300

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