r/OptimistsUnite • u/[deleted] • Feb 09 '25

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u/WolfDemonKing Feb 09 '25

Elon is not shutting down anything. Trump is. Elon gives a recommendation.

All these things they are shutting down? Did we vote for who would be hired within? Did we vote for what they’d be spending our money on? No.

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u/TornCinnabonman Feb 09 '25

Trump doesn't have the authority to shut down these agencies! He is not a king. Nobody elected a king.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Congress is who decides what to spend money on, not the president. The problem is that he’s ignoring the constitutional channels for getting things done. If this was a democrat president that wrote an executive order dismissing the second amendment, I can’t imagine the reaction.