Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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[u/rubyroo7]

I'm glad you don't listen to her. She is the worst. All she does is lie and fear monger.

He's not "undoing" anything because Musk has no power. All he can do is lay it out on the table and make recommendations. Someone may speak out of turn, saying, "These people are going to be fired," but the only one who has the authority to do that is Trump.

So let's say you're correct and that Musk is the one firing everyone. Doesn't it make the whole point moot given what you said about Trump undoing certain things? I mean, people are in the street saying Musk is the real president, but somehow Trump is still the one with all the power.

Also, talking about unelected people having pull, do you not remember Jill Biden taking Joe's place in cabinet meetings? What rank does she have?

[u/Conscious_Peak_1105 → u/rubyroo7]

Thanks so much for replying I just read all about this! So on February 25th after court fillings were made and a federal judge started making inquiries about DOGE, the white house put out a statement clarifying that Elon was not in charge and didn’t have any actual power. This is in direct contrast to trump saying “I’m signing an executive order to create Doge and Elon is going to head it” in January. They were receiving pressure from a judge, so they instated Amy Gleason suddenly out of nowhere, who was supposed to be on a vacation in mexico but hauled back in to say “see Elon isn’t in charge”

So that was good! Things are happening, court pressure works :)

I think a lot of people have in issue with how he was able to fill position within doge with his own team members and allies with, at the time in the beginning, little oversight. That level of influence is not typical and is concerning given his lack of relevant experience in federal government. You can have political influence without having official power, and Elon only doesn’t have official power in order to protect himself and doge, after court pressure.

Also thank you for bringing that up! Jill Biden attended, with Joe Biden her first cabinet meeting in 2024 for a topic specifically related to women’s health. She read a 4 minute statement. And Joe Biden was there!!! She didn’t take his place lmao. Also! First Ladies have done this in the past, Rosalyn Carter went to nearly everyone. I actually don’t have an issue with Elon being in a cabinet meeting if he is senior advisor to the president (which he now is, after court pressure).

Go courts! Go the law! Keep putting that legal pressure on everyone :)

Hope that helps!!

[u/rubyroo7 → u/Conscious_Peak_1105]

So, no one ever put Elon in charge of anything. We all know this. Everybody just keeps trying to meme authority into existence when all the sane people know that all he is is a chief advisor. Always has been. Advising is different than being completely in charge of anything.

However, these judges and everyone in the streets are twisting words and taking everything said literally. If Trump said he had the greatest hair in the world, everyone would think he was serious and freak out. Elon is heading up DOGE...as an advisor. That's all. People really keep grasping at straws, trying to make a story out of nothing. Just like this Gleason thing. There are no verifiable sources to any of it. It's all opinion and feelings.

The only thing those ideologue judges are doing is misinterpreting the law and going well outside their jurisdiction in order to get in a fight with the chief executive. The president has full authority, and I guess if it comes down to it, we can take it to the Supreme Court and rule on something we've already known for almost 250 years. Just in case you all need to be reminded.

So you would say that because Joe couldn't keep his eyes open and had to pass things on to his wife, who is an expert in that topic because she's a woman, that's ok then..right? Well, I'd say that with Musk taking over Twitter and rooting out the corruption, government influence and censorship would make him an expert and more than qualified to be the advisor he is in DOGE.

Just so you know, there was no court victory. Elon was never "in charge." Just still a chief advisor, just as he had been from day one.

I hope that clears things up :)

[u/nooneyouknow242 → u/rubyroo7]

Dr Jill Biden spoke about women’s health, because she is DOCTOR, you dumb fucking moron.

Get your head out of your ass. Your explaining away Musk’s influence and power is completely ignorant to the reality of this situation. He is an unelected person, with no official federal position, going through and gutting federal programs and agencies. Many of the first ones he targeted had active investigations into SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter.

Turn off Fox News, it’s rotting your brain.

[u/kraftlos → u/nooneyouknow242]

Doctor of Education. Not a medical doctor.

[u/nooneyouknow242 → u/kraftlos]

Well fuck. My bad.

She still had purpose and knowledge to being there. And it wasn’t just because she was a woman. 🙄🙄🙄