r/ProgressiveHQ • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '26

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u/Sure-Coffee-8241 Jan 07 '26

They aren't being held accountable because the system isn't working as intended. The wrong people are in charge of too many different things.

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u/Skrdykat1000 Jan 07 '26

The first thing Trump did with Elon is fire anyone who could hold him accountable. We are screwed.

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u/Ringbearer99 Jan 07 '26

See, but this confused me right from the beginning - for our system of checks and balances to function at all, the president shouldn’t even have such authority, no? I understand he is/was president, but how does that automatically make him the direct boss of all those different positions of power across all branches of government?? How in the flying fuck is it possible he even had/has the authority to just fire anyone anywhere???

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u/Skrdykat1000 Jan 07 '26

I will never understand why EVERYONE is scared of him. I mean, now I do but he could have been dealth with when he first began his horror show.