Theodore Schleifer

Sure. I mean, this is a war, in Elon Musk's view, a war on the bureaucracy. And there's no Geneva Convention for this war. There are no beliefs from the Musk team that they have to be fair or believe that, you know, they're required to disclose the names of their generals, even as they kind of go after the other generals.

I mean, we've seen the Musk team—I'm exaggerating for dramatic effect there a little bit— but, you know, they genuinely believe that they are in hand-to-hand combat with— a bureaucracy that wants to kill them, right?

I mean, we've seen the Musk team—I'm exaggerating for dramatic effect there a little bit— but, you know, they genuinely believe that they are in hand-to-hand combat with— a bureaucracy that wants to kill them, right?

I mean, we've seen the Musk team—I'm exaggerating for dramatic effect there a little bit— but, you know, they genuinely believe that they are in hand-to-hand combat with— a bureaucracy that wants to kill them, right?

I mean, for instance, there's at these agencies right now, there's an intense resistance to kind of giving the Musk team what they want because they think the Musk team wants to, you know, attack them. And so we just have right now, you know, a very, very, very intense personal fight between

I mean, for instance, there's at these agencies right now, there's an intense resistance to kind of giving the Musk team what they want because they think the Musk team wants to, you know, attack them. And so we just have right now, you know, a very, very, very intense personal fight between

I mean, for instance, there's at these agencies right now, there's an intense resistance to kind of giving the Musk team what they want because they think the Musk team wants to, you know, attack them. And so we just have right now, you know, a very, very, very intense personal fight between

rank and file bureaucrats and these kind of 23 year old Elon Musk acolytes who are fighting over, you know, whether or not they get access to this Medicaid system or this HR payroll or yada, yada, yada.

rank and file bureaucrats and these kind of 23 year old Elon Musk acolytes who are fighting over, you know, whether or not they get access to this Medicaid system or this HR payroll or yada, yada, yada.

rank and file bureaucrats and these kind of 23 year old Elon Musk acolytes who are fighting over, you know, whether or not they get access to this Medicaid system or this HR payroll or yada, yada, yada.

Pretty far. The Musk team has been sort of fighting the bureaucracy of the Treasury Department over what sort of access they could get to the payment system. But as of now, the Elon team and the Treasury team are sort of trying to find a middle ground and the courts are trying to kind of enforce a middle ground to make sure that everyone is peachy with the arrangement.

Pretty far. The Musk team has been sort of fighting the bureaucracy of the Treasury Department over what sort of access they could get to the payment system. But as of now, the Elon team and the Treasury team are sort of trying to find a middle ground and the courts are trying to kind of enforce a middle ground to make sure that everyone is peachy with the arrangement.

Pretty far. The Musk team has been sort of fighting the bureaucracy of the Treasury Department over what sort of access they could get to the payment system. But as of now, the Elon team and the Treasury team are sort of trying to find a middle ground and the courts are trying to kind of enforce a middle ground to make sure that everyone is peachy with the arrangement.

You know, I think at first the Musk team, which is led by this guy named Tom Krause, who's an executive from Silicon Valley, who recently was appointed to a top position at the Treasury Department, they're trying to have what's called read-only access to that $5 trillion in payments, essentially what that would mean

You know, I think at first the Musk team, which is led by this guy named Tom Krause, who's an executive from Silicon Valley, who recently was appointed to a top position at the Treasury Department, they're trying to have what's called read-only access to that $5 trillion in payments, essentially what that would mean

You know, I think at first the Musk team, which is led by this guy named Tom Krause, who's an executive from Silicon Valley, who recently was appointed to a top position at the Treasury Department, they're trying to have what's called read-only access to that $5 trillion in payments, essentially what that would mean

would be that the Musk team and Krauss could read kind of all payments that go out to make sure that they're complying with Trump's executive orders. You know, Elon has said publicly he wants to make sure that we're reading things like to make sure that no money is going out to terrorists from Treasury.

would be that the Musk team and Krauss could read kind of all payments that go out to make sure that they're complying with Trump's executive orders. You know, Elon has said publicly he wants to make sure that we're reading things like to make sure that no money is going out to terrorists from Treasury.

would be that the Musk team and Krauss could read kind of all payments that go out to make sure that they're complying with Trump's executive orders. You know, Elon has said publicly he wants to make sure that we're reading things like to make sure that no money is going out to terrorists from Treasury.

But the concern, especially for people who believe in the separation of powers, is that this could be a way for Musk— to essentially unilaterally decide to stop payments and things that have been authorized by Congress.