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Laura Coates Live

Trump & Musk Claim Dead People To Blame For Govt Fraud

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Most of the Senate-confirmed, top-ranking agency heads sat around a table mostly silent during the more than an hourlong Cabinet meeting, even though some of them had come prepared to make brief remarks. Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the government, is now without question Trump’s most powerful adviser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.8

All right, so here's a new one. Doge isn't just trying to find waste.

0:38.2

They're looking for dead people.

0:39.9

Plus, the other billionaire facing backlash.

0:43.1

Jeff Bezos overhauls a major part of the Washington Post.

0:47.0

Now, staffers are asking, is he bending to Trump?

0:50.1

And later, suing for reverse discrimination.

0:53.4

It's exactly what you think it is.

0:55.0

The Supreme Court may be about to give it nine thumbs up.

0:58.6

Tonight on Laura Coates Live.

1:07.0

So we all know that Donald Trump is no stranger to perhaps unconventional cabinet meetings,

1:12.5

but the first one of his second term, it might just take the cake.

1:16.8

Elon Musk got the number two billing after, of course, President Trump himself,

1:21.3

even though the Doge overseer is not a cabinet member,

1:25.1

he got the triple speaking time, the triple the amount that anyone else in the entire room.

1:29.3

And he was the first person the president went to after a quick prayer.

1:34.3

I'd like to have Elon Musk please say a few words.

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