During his bid to reclaim the White House, President Trump pledged to pare down the federal government and said Elon Musk would play a role in that effort. The Democrats evidently expected this project to go the way of the ineffectual Simpson-Bowles and Grace Commissions. Consequently, they were less than pleased when Trump rebranded the United States Digital Service (USDS) as the United States DOGE Service and promptly sicced it on the bureaucratic leviathan. The public differs with the Democrats, however. According to Newsweek, a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that “61 percent of U.S. adults support Trump’s plan to downsize the federal government.”
Most of the corporate media have studiously ignored the chicanery the “Muskateers” are uncovering every day.
The Democrats perversely responded by staging rallies and holding press conferences to denounce Elon Musk and all his wicked works. On February 3, Senate Democrats appeared before the cameras and claimed, “An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.” This nonsense was soon followed by a press conference called by House Democrats who characterized the DOGE audit as a “data breach” comparable to a hack perpetrated by a hostile foreign power. As it happens, Musk and his team are operating under the auspices of an entity created by the Obama administration. As author and attorney, Tom Renz explains:
The USDS was an Obamacare office created to make government software better. They were essentially software development for the bureaucracy. Trump renamed the United States Digital Service (USDS) the United States DOGE Service which even kept the acronym the same. Not only did repurposing an appropriate existing department allow Trump to ensure there was funding for DOGE without having to fight with Congress — he also ensured its legality.
Nonetheless, in addition to the antics of the Democrats, the corporate media is contributing to the hysteria. Their general tone is obviously meant to evoke images of the zombie apocalypse. NBC News, for example, ran an article on Saturday with the following title: “Inside DOGE’s takeover of the Education Department.” The New York Times ran an equally absurd piece under this headline: “Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s Broadside Against Government.” PBS ran a story with this ominous title: “Protests erupt as Elon Musk moves to gut government agencies.” It’s little wonder that public trust in the corporate media has hit a record low and confidence in the federal government has also reached rock bottom.
By contrast, a new CBS News/YouGov poll indicates that a majority of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance: “With most describing him as “tough,” “energetic,” “focused” and “effective” — and as doing what he’d promised during his campaign — President Trump has started his term with net positive marks from Americans overall.” To be precise, 70 percent of respondents said he is doing what he promised to do during the campaign, which obviously suggests that Trump enjoys the trust of most Americans. And Trump trusts Elon Musk, as he told Fox News anchor Bret Baier during a pre-Super Bowl interview when the latter asked this question: “Bottom line. You say you trust him?”
Trust Elon? Look, he’s not gaining anything. In fact, I wonder how he can devote the time to it. He’s so into it. But I told him to do that. Then I’m going to tell him very soon — like maybe in twenty-four hours — to go check the Department of Education. He’s going to find the same thing. Then I’m going to go into the military. Let’s check the military. We’re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse, and the people elected me on that.
Baier, like so many once-promising journalists, seems to have contracted the deadly Beltway virus — the primary symptom of which involves desperately attempting to impress Chevy Chase socialites by asking the leader of the free world moronic gotcha questions. Still, at least some of his questions have relevance to the fraud and abuse that DOGE has exposed. Most of the corporate media have studiously ignored the chicanery the “Muskateers” are uncovering every day. Having long since been co-opted by the far left, the Fourth Estate is primarily focused on undermining their mission. These people couldn’t care less that the taxpayers are being robbed in order to finance wasteful and frequently fraudulent federal programs.
The good news is that, despite the astroturfed rallies in favor of USAID, and the hypocritical Democrat outrage about the “dangerous influence” of billionaires in politics, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing precisely what the voters want them to do — dismantling the deep state. Neither of these men give a damn what the pundits of the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal write about them. Indeed, the only way people like Maggie Haberman or Peggy Noonan will be remembered 50 years from now is if they are granted interviews with Trump or Musk. The voters made their choice and they know Democrat caterwauling and corporate media propaganda are, to borrow a phrase, simply sound and fury signifying nothing.
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