The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, said Monday that the U.S. Agency for International Development will be closed on President Donald Trump’s orders, after the prominent tycoon tasked with cutting government spending called the aid agency “evil.”
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, said Monday that the U.S. Agency for International Development will be closed on President Donald Trump’s orders, after the prominent tycoon tasked with cutting government spending called the aid agency “evil.”
No, it’s not above board at all. It will be challenged in the courts, and the challenge will win. The question becomes, what happens then?
A court can say “This is plainly illegal, it needs to stop and be reversed”, but if that ruling is ignored it’s not like they are going to send in US Marshals to kick DOGE out. Unless there is a clear enforcement mechanism that the court can use, Elon will just stay, like a squatter.
In fact, a squatter is the perfect analogy. Elon simply moved in, without paying rent, because he is a friend of the property manager. And won’t leave because he knows it will take forever for the landlord to evict him and then even after that there is no force to it.
He has already ignored the Supreme Court in regards to TikTok. Under Biden, Abbott ignored the SC with no repercussions as well.