President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk responded to allegations from liberal media pundits and Democratic leaders that they’re making a constitutional disaster, arguing their detractors “are guilty of the crime of which they accuse us.”
“That’s always the first thing they do. ‘He’s in violation of the Constitution.’ They don’t even know what they’re talking [about],” Trump stated through the pair’s first joint interview on “Hannity” Tuesday.
The forty seventh president added the accusers “couldn’t care less about the Constitution.”
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Musk added through the “Hannity” unique that the allegations are “absurd.”
“When these attacks occur, the thing that they’re accusing the administration of is what they are guilty of. They’re saying that things that are being done are unconstitutional, but what they are doing is unconstitutional,” the Tesla founder argued.
The seemingly unlikely political duo mentioned a spread of subjects through the unique wide-ranging interview with Fox Information host Sean Hannity, together with the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), Trump’s first 100 days in workplace and different main points.
Trump formally introduced Musk’s function in his new administration shortly after his decisive victory within the November election, tapping him to assist DOGE “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”
In current weeks, DOGE has focused the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement, america Division of Well being and Human Providers and america Division of Training.
Since taking workplace, Trump and the DOGE agenda have confronted mounting scrutiny from many Democrats. A number of media retailers and Democratic voices have focused Musk, accusing him of usurping presidential powers by DOGE and mocking him as “President Elon Musk.”
“We must be over the target or doing something right,” Musk advised Fox Information host Sean Hannity.
“They wouldn’t be complaining so much if we weren’t doing something useful… What we’re really trying to do here is restore the will of the people through the president. And what we’re finding is that there’s an unelected bureaucracy – speaking of unelected, there’s a vast federal bureaucracy that is implacably opposed to the president and the cabinet.”
Musk concluded that outrage from many on the left is “the thrashing of the bureaucracy as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people.”
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The pair additionally defined how their unsuspecting political alliance got here at the side of the “opportunity to fix the system and to restore the power of democracy” offered by Trump’s decisive 2024 election victory.
Whereas DOGE is the administration’s major vessel for addressing “waste, fraud and abuse,” Trump and Musk additionally emphasised the function of “competence” and “care” in bringing about authorities change.
“When you add more competence and caring, you get a better deal for the American people,” Musk stated, claiming that the American taxpayer has been getting a “terrible deal” significantly within the earlier Biden administration.
Additionally through the “Hannity” unique, Musk opened up about his expertise with “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” revealing he didn’t understand it was an actual factor till he was at a buddy’s ceremonial dinner a month or two earlier than the Nov. 5, 2024 presidential election.
“I happened to mention the president’s name, and it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies,” Musk stated within the joint interview.
Musk imitated individuals on the get together going loopy and questioned why they couldn’t have a traditional dialog.
“It’s like they’ve become completely irrational,” he stated.
Trump and Musk additionally shut down varied makes an attempt by the media in current weeks to “drive us apart.”
“I see it all the time,” Trump stated. “Actually, Elon called me — he said, you know, ‘They’re trying to drive us apart.’ I said, ‘Absolutely.’”
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“It’s just so obvious. They’re so bad at it. I used to think they were good at it. They’re actually bad at it because if they were good at it, I’d never be president,” Trump added, who is not any stranger to criticism.
Fox Information Digital’s Louis Casiano, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
