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You know, my entire life and career, I have never supported a boycott, called for a firing, or wanted a cancellation. Just the opposite.”
During a Fox News segment, Hannity said
When I saw what was happening, I said that I want to buy a Tesla and we just went to the front. He (DOGE Head and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk) had four beautiful cars there, and I bought one in front of the press. It was a very public purchase, and they're beautiful and do a great job,
Trump told reporters
Wow, that's beautiful,
Trump remarked as he slid into the driver's seat of a Model XHe's done a great job...It's not that he's a Republican... Sometimes, I'm not even sure what he is in terms of his philosophy, but he's a great guy. He's a patriot."
He addedElon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!”
Trump wrote on TruthSocial
Most of the federal spending is entitlements,
Musk said in the interviewI’m just here trying to make government more efficient, eliminate waste and fraud,
Musk saidHe was clearly talking about the WASTE in the programs,
the White House postedWe have to celebrate him.”
Referring to Musk, Trump saidThey’re harming a great American company,
Trump said at the White House, referring to the demonstratorsI said, 'You know, Elon, I don't like what's happening to you, and Tesla's a great company,
Trump told reporters while standing alongside Musk, his top donor, in front of a red Tesla on the White House south portico
I'll do it."
Asked by a reporter if protesters should be "labelled domestic terrorists," Trump saidYou do it to Tesla and you do it to any company, we're going to catch you and you're going to go through hell,
he saidThe one I like is that one, and I want the same color,
he said, pointing to a red Model S
I just wanted to make a statement. I’m going to buy one now,
the president told reporters before adding
Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.”
Kelly shot back
There was, in my opinion, misalignment between the DOGE people and the OMB people,
Martinez said, describing the OMB contingent as “the adults.”Our political system depends on an independent judiciary as part of a constitutional system of government. Article Three turns on judges who are independent, and judges being threatened potentially undermines that,
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge RICHARD SULLIVAN said during a press briefing today tied to a semiannual judges’ gatheringThat was the first indication something was off and odd,
Martinez recalled
Johnson’s dinners were usually the heavy Southern staples he preferred, and he insisted that the portions be big — huge heaps of black-eyed peas and tapioca pudding — and he shoveled the food into his mouth, head bent low over his plate,
wrote historian ROBERT CARO in “Master of the Senate,” the third volume in his series “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.”