Trump & 'DOGE' picks say they won't respect Congress' budget despite that not being constitutional

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid examines Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and their billionaire allies, whose government efficiency commission promises to reward themselves while everyday Americans face the hardships Musk admits will result from their budget cuts. Meanwhile, Democrats are being urged to confront the real reasons behind their election losses, as nearly three weeks post-election, the facts are finally coming into focus. Listen now.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:06.1	Elon Musk and I are in a position to start the mass deportations of millions of
0:10.8	unelected federal bureaucrats out of the D.C. bureaucracy.
0:15.3	And I don't know if you've got to know Elon yet, but he doesn't bring a chisel.
0:18.7	He brings a chainsaw.
0:19.9	And we're going to be taking it to that bureaucracy.
0:21.6	It's going to be a lot of fun.
0:23.6	Hmm.
0:24.6	Yeah, of course it's going to be fun for Elon Vivek and all their billionaire friends.
0:28.6	Their government efficiency commission will reward them on the backs of everyday Americans who Musk admits will face hardship as a result of their budget cuts.
0:39.8	Plus, Democrats need to get real about what's to blame for their election losses.
0:44.0	Almost three weeks since the election, the facts are beginning to come into focus.
0:52.2	And we begin tonight with the model for where America is heading.
0:56.5	I'm talking about Hungary, the small central European nation that is a favorite of right-wing
1:01.8	politicians, former Fox hosts, and of course Donald Trump himself because of one man,
1:07.6	Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.
1:10.8	He's been eroding Hungarian democracy for more than a decade now.
1:14.6	A former member of the Hungarian parliament, Gabor Schnaring, writes in Politico.
1:20.6	Trump's goal this time is to remake the American government to enhance his power.
1:25.2	He isn't the first modern right-wing populist to attempt this.
1:28.5	He is following a playbook pioneered by Victor Orban. Orban came to power in 2010, and some of his
1:36.5	first acts were to take aim at the independence of Hungary's judiciary and news media,
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