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Even Donald and Elon are getting a clue about DOGE unpopularity [1]
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Date: 2025-03-06
Interesting item from the Guardian liveblog sourcing Politico
Trump cabinet told they're in charge of hiring, not Musk - report
I see three interpretations, not mutually exclusive. One is that Donald and/or Elon realize that the public understands DOGE to be a steaming pile of shit, and that public opinion won’t be turning, so they’re setting someone else up to take the outrage.
A second is that Cabinet members have pushed back so hard (recall Patel and a couple of others, regarding the “five things” stupidity) that they actually might threaten to resign or otherwise get Donald’s attention. But this would require standing up to threats from the MAGA hordes and hiring a lot of private security. Doubtful.
The third is that Musk has gotten all the data he wanted and sabotaged the agencies he wanted to sabotage, and now DOGE is a vestigial appendage that’s antagonizing the public for no gain. Which, really, should have been obvious all along. I’m worried this is also true.
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