Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast talk about cuts at FAA and other critical programs... and what people who care about democracy can do plus Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on Ukraine and Gaza.

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Jim Acosta

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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0:00.0	beginning this new adventure. And that is asking the question, what the Musk. And I know you know
0:07.4	where I'm going with this. But in a new filing in court, I kind of do this thing where I give
0:11.4	folks the news and then we talk about it. The Trump administration said in a court filing that
0:15.9	Elon Musk is not the administrator in charge of Doge. I'm sure you've seen this. He's a senior advisor to the
0:21.8	president per this declaration. So, okay, that begs the question. Who is minding the store? What the
0:28.6	hell is going on? Who is in charge here? We don't seem to know. That's why I ask, is today
0:34.6	co-presidents day or shadow president day because I guess that would make
0:38.9	Elon Moss sort of like the George Washington of shadow presidents. I mean, what my I just want to
0:45.5	point out that this will make Elon, Elon would have the same title as Anita Don. You'll remember
0:52.8	Anita Don as the person who went to different parts of the
0:56.7	government and told them to let her and her teenage hackers into different elements of the federal
1:04.9	government. Right. Yes. I mean, Rick, I was under the impression for weeks that Elon Musk was running the show that he was directing these 20-year-old kids to go into various departments and agencies and vacuum up data at the Treasury Department until they were blocked. And over at the Social Security Administration, which has apparently resulted at a top-level official. They're saying,
1:27.6	I'm not doing this. I'm not going along with this. But the White House is trying to make the
1:31.5	case. Oh, no, no, he's not in charge. He's not really in charge. He's sort of in charge,
1:35.9	but he's not in charge. I have a theory of the case here, Jim. Yeah. Look, Elon Musk and Donald
1:41.9	Trump had decided to split the presidency. Elon is head of government like a prime minister would be, and Trump is head of state like a king would be.
1:49.6	But I think what's happening here, I interpret this as a little differently.
1:55.8	I think this is Susie Wiles making her play to take him out.
2:01.6	And I'll tell you why.
2:02.6	I think he's not a government employee.
2:04.6	And by saying he's not running Doge,
2:06.6	there's a much lower degree to which he should have access
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