"The president's message represents the first significant move to narrow Musk's mandate. According to Trump's new guidance, DOGE and its staff should play an advisory role " but Cabinet secretaries should make final decisions on personnel, policy and the pacing of implementation.

Musk joined the conversation and indicated he was on board with Trump's directive. According to one person familiar with the meeting, Musk acknowledged that DOGE had made some missteps " a message he shared earlier this week with members of Congress."'

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He must of seen his poll numbers to have had created this charade. Nothing will change; these Cabinet members were picked for their loyalty, not their brains.

And what excuse is there for not doing it this way to begin with AND running it through their Republican Congress just to make it legal?

None.

"Donald Trump's laughable first address to Congress Tuesday night was his least popular ever, garnering one of the least enthusiastic reactions for a president's first address to the chamber in the last two decades, according to a CNN poll,

Apparently, only 44 percent of viewers had a very positive reaction to the president's address. Twenty-five percent had a somewhat positive reaction, and 31 percent had a negative reaction."

THEN... at the end of his Presser today he said this:

'If they don't cut, then Elon will do the cutting': Trump warns cabinet members