Elon Musk fights the Deep State

Elon Musk has many names, not all of them flattering – nor just, either. The names that do apply are: hatchet man, enforcer, force of nature, and scourge of the bureaucracy. Add one more: champion of justice. He fights for justice as only one on the Autism Spectrum can – with single-mindedness of purpose. Frank D. “Heartland Diary” Miele sees that quality in Trump, especially after the first assassination attempt. Elon Musk might not have had someone try to kill him, but he has realized that certain people – all on the Left – lied to him. Chief among the groups who lied to him for years, are the Deep State. He is now their implacable enemy – and as he fights his war, he has drawn the fire of Democrats, legacy media personalities – and other similar enemies of the people.

Elon Musk cuts a swath through the bureaucracy

No doubt the American and worldwide Left had reason to fear Elon Musk even before the Inauguration. He bought Twitter (now X) and promptly uncovered and exposed its darkest secrets. Though he clashed with President Donald Trump in his first term, he gradually came to see justice in Trump’s claims. He gave generously to Trump’s election campaign, and then won the promise of a special post in government. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) originally was to have joint headship – but the other head, Vivek Ramaswamy, bowed out. (Joint headship was never a good idea anyway.) The only flaw in the DOGE plan was creating it by executive order, not an Act of Congress. (Speaking of which, Musk has threatened to “primary” anyone in Congress, Democrat or especially Republican, who opposes his mission.)

President Trump signed many more executive orders besides the one creating DOGE. How they play out, remains for the people to see.

Darrell L. Castle, once a Presidential candidate himself, looked forward to DOGE “downsizing government to starve the beast.” The “beast” in Castle’s mind is the burgeoning national debt. But that turns out not to be the real beast. The real beast is not only the spending but what the government is spending the money on. That spending includes not only waste but also fraud – and, more pointedly still, abuse.

The war begins

Ironically, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a 21-page letter to Elon Musk three days after the Inauguration. That letter was full of ideas of her own, including reform of:

• Pentagon procurement and contracting,
• Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C and its replacements), and
• Federal grants to private colleges, including the Ivy League.

That was January. Even so, that letter concentrated on typical leftist priorities, including raising revenue from disfavored high-end taxpayers (“the wealthy”). Since then, she has raised a shrill voice in opposition to Musk, along with several other Democratic Senators and Representatives. (In fact, Elon Musk does plan to audit the Pentagon, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Ironically, Musk has spoken of a volume of Medicare fraud similar to that which Sen. Warren mentioned.)

When Elon Musk attacked the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the war began in earnest. Its blatant support of Alphabet Soup ideology was bad enough – especially to Musk, concerned as he is with population collapse. (Alphabet Soup lifestyles are inherently anti-procreative.) But then came revelations that leftist media organs, including Politico, were deriving make-or-break revenues through the sale of premium subscriptions at absurd rates. USAID was one of several federal agencies (and Departments) whose bureaucrats were taking out such subscriptions. Politico literally missed payroll – and Elon Musk warned that other leftist media could face similar financial difficulty.

The Customs and Border Protection agency has literally taken over the USAID building.

From USAID to other agencies

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) came next. In addition to their political selectivity in aid to hurricane survivors, FEMA spent $59 million on hotel stays for illegal aliens. Elon Musk “paused” several FEMA payments that he suspects are improper. President Trump has since fired FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer and three other executives over the $59 million hotel stays. (Because those happened during his second administration, Trump considers that insubordination.) Yesterday Trump said the agency is “under review and investigation” and “should be terminated.”

Musk similarly has targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency most consider Sen. Warren’s creation. The CFPB is famous for warning banks and other lenders not to refuse credit to illegal aliens. Trump had already fired the Bureau’s Biden-appointed Director.

But his targeting of the Treasury Department has resulted in the most sensational revelations – and the most strenuous pushback. Why has the Treasury Department been funding terrorist groups? (David Lebryk, then the “top-ranking career official” at Treasury, resigned when Musk and his team came in.) More recently, DOGE investigators have found Social Security making payments to beneficiaries allegedly 150 years old. (Human longevity is the one world record most subject to fraudulent claims. The oldest verified living person today is 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka of Japan.) DOGE also intends investigating several federal bureaucrats who have become multimillionaires on six-figure salaries.

Counterattacks against Elon Musk

Naturally the counterattacks have come, from Members of Congress and the legacy media. The New York Times disputes Elon Musk’s claims of waste and fraud. Similarly, NBC News accuses Musk of making nonspecific and unfounded allegations of waste, fraud and abuse. (Anyone who cites “independent fact-checkers is automatically suspect.)

CNN alleges that some Republicans, who represent districts where large numbers of federal workers live, are “pushing back” on those workers’ behalf. (Much of what CNN calls “pushback” is simply the usual constituent service the people expect of their Senators and Representative.) In another article, CNN said “President Donald Trump is playing with fire.” This is another booby-prize example of legacy media trying to drive a wedge between Trump and Musk. Time acted similarly, posting an electronic retouch of Musk sitting at the Presidential or Resolute Desk. Trump laughed out loud at the cover, during a photo-op interview.

Q: Mr. President, do you have a reaction to the new Time Magazine cover that has Elon Musk sitting behind your Resolute Desk?

A: No… Is Time magazine still in business? I didn’t even know that.

REPORTER: "Mr. President, do you have a reaction to the new Time Magazine cover that has Elon Musk sitting behind your resolute desk?"

TRUMP: "No…Is Time magazine still in business? I didn't even know that."

pic.twitter.com/lJdd77XvXS— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 7, 2025

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper tried to press that theme in an interview with former Gov. Chris Sununu (R-N.H.). Sununu was having none of it, so Cooper called him an off-color name – for which he did, at least, apologize.

Conduct unbecoming a Senator…

Elon Musk’s activities have drawn court challenges, most of which will likely not survive Supreme Court scrutiny. In fact, one order directed that not only Musk but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stay out of the Treasury payment system. Another judge cleared Bessent, because he is a Senate-confirmed appointee. Whether the distinction between him and Musk will hold up, remains for the Supreme Court to determine.

In any case, the Trump administration appears ready to ignore rulings that obviously violate separation of powers. Sen. Warren took note of that and suggested Trump and Musk are provoking a Constitutional crisis. But her recent remarks contrast sharply with her decrying the Supreme Court after it issued a primer on Presidential immunity. After that and other cases, Sen. Warren often called on the Biden administration to ignore the courts.

At a recent hearing in the Senate Finance Committee, Warren complained bitterly over the shutdown of the CFPB. On that occasion she referred to Musk as “Co-President.” Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) sharply reminded her Massachusetts counterpart that Donald Trump is fulfilling campaign promises. Then she savagely reminded Warren of Democrats’ covering for President Biden when he clearly couldn’t run the country.

And it’s interesting that none of you had anything to say over the last four years when it is clear that our commander-in-chief was not in command. And if we’re going to use the term “co-President,” then let’s go back and say “Co-President Jake Sullivan,” “Co-President Ron Klain,” “Co-President Jill Biden,” [et al.] … Some of the biggest decisions were made during the President’s afternoon nap time.

Senator Katie Britt destroys Senator Warren and the democrats for trying to call Elon Musk a co-president.

This is epic. pic.twitter.com/AvBnMlL4qU— Glockford Files (@GlockfordFiles) February 11, 2025

Sen. Charles M. Schumer (D-N.Y.) set up a “tip line” for reporting “abuses of power” and “threats to public safety.” A chorus of X-equivalent Bronx cheers, all reminding him of his own past intemperate remarks, greeted that announcement.

… or a Representative

Even those behaviors are tame compared to that of many Representatives, including ranking and senior Representatives. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) raised funds on calling Elon Musk a Nazi, a scant five days after the Inauguration. Rep. Dave Min (D-Calif.) called for Musk’s imprisonment. Former Rep. Liz Cheney (RINO-Wyo.) went ballistic when Musk exposed her ties to USAID. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) wants to launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the American people, accusing Musk of breaching citizens’ private data.

But the worst examples of bad behavior come from Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), and Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.). (He pronounces it Kweye-EASY Oom-FOO-may.) In separate street rallies, these three have called for actual violence. “Street fight!” cried Mfume, a performance that also reflects badly on both Maryland Senators (Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks). The two Senators were the lead organizers of that particular rally.

Last week, Reps. Waters, Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) held another intemperate rally. All of them called for violence against Musk and the rest of the Trump administration.

Elon Musk fights on

Sadly, the close divisions of the House and Senate preclude the proper punishment of the Senators and Representatives who have called for violence, or facilitated such calls. It takes two-thirds of either chamber of Congress to expel a member of that chamber. But Midterms will come up next year. Even if the Representatives involved manage to win reelection, Elon Musk can make the Democrats spend precious campaign cash to defend them.

Musk – and Trump’s Attorney and Solicitor General – will fight their most important battles in a different theater – the national judiciary. Orders to tell a President whom he may or may not hire or fire, clearly violate separation of powers. Furthermore, President Trump has another four years to fill judicial vacancies as they come up. In fact, Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) has already drafted Articles of Impeachment against Judge Paul Engelmayer, who issued the order barring even the Treasury Secretary from the Treasury payments system. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has signaled her willingness to co-sponsor such Articles.

In any case, Elon Musk will fight, not only for justice but also for vindication. He is striking at the heart of the Deep State – and in the process discovering which politicians have been tapping into the public till. This will not stand – for he will make sure it does not stand.