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| Source:David Pakman Show talking about Fox News's Sean Hannity's joint interview of President Donald J. Trump (MAGA, Florida) and his junior partner Elon Musk. Or do I have that backwards? |
From the David Pakman Show
Just to give you a little more from the Fox News interview, this Elon Musk's own words:
"So — so, what we’re — what we’re doing here is — is — one of the biggest functions of the DOGE team is just making sure that the presidential executive orders are actually carried out. And this is — I just want to point out, this is a very important thing, because the president is the elected representative of the people, so he’s representing the will of the people. And if the bureaucracy is fighting the will of the people and preventing the pres- — the president from implementing what the people want, then what we live in is a bureaucracy and not a democracy.
More from Elon Musk:
"Well, I guess we must be — if we’re the target, we’re doing something right. You know, if — like, they wouldn’t be complaining so much if they — we weren’t doing something useful, I think.
What — all we’re really trying to do here is restore the will of the people through the president. And — and what we’re finding is there’s an unelected bureaucracy. Speaking of unelected, there’s a — there’s a vast federal bureaucracy that is implacably opposed to the — the president and the Cabinet.
And you look at, say, D.C. voting. It’s 92 percent Kamala. Okay, so we’re in 92 percent Kamala. That’s a lot.
think about that number a lot. I’m like, 92 percent. That’s, basically, almost everyone. And so — but if — but how can you — if — if the will of the president is not implemented, and the president is representative of the people, that means the will of the people is not being implemented, and that means we don’t live in a democracy, we live in a bureaucracy.
And so, I think what we’re seeing here is the — sort of, the thrashing of the bureaucracy as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people...
In case anyone wants to claim that I'm making this all up: this is actually from Donald Trump's White House.
I guess I have a few reactions to this:
Just on a personal note first: it's hard to watch David Pakman in this video with his "mustache". I mean is that thing even real? I'm not putting down mustaches in general, especially just the basic mustache. There are plenty of men who look good in them: Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds, Richard Roundtree, all from back in the day. But David Pakman looks like 16 year old boy, trying to look like a man with his "mustache". Maybe he borrowed it from Wrigley Field. (To use a baseball reference)
And then watching this interview, it's like Elon Musk has no idea what he's being asked before someone asks him a question. No preparation for this interview whatsoever. And this is not even a softball interview. It's more like batting practice at a home derby contest, at the MLB All Star Game and the pitcher is literally just lofting the balls over the plate to see how far the big, strong, power hitter can hit them. And Elon Musk sounds like he's never even thought about the question before, let alone what he actually believes the answer is. And he's just trying to wing it. His attempted answer to Sean Hannity's question about the Federal bureaucracy in Washington:
"And you look at, say, D.C. voting. It’s 92 percent Kamala. Okay, so we’re in 92 percent Kamala. That’s a lot.
think about that number a lot. I’m like, 92 percent. That’s, basically, almost everyone. And so — but if — but how can you — if — if the will of the president is not implemented, and the president is representative of the people, that means the will of the people is not being implemented, and that means we don’t live in a democracy, we live in a bureaucracy....
And Mr. Musk speaks so slowly even when he's given a wiffle ball question about what his DOGE is doing to try to cut (if not eliminate) the Federal bureaucracy in Washington..
And my final point, I completely agree with David Pakman here about the appearance of having Elon Musk with the President of the United States, just to try to get through a "softball interview". I remember, I guess it was back in August, when CNN anchor Dana Bash interviewed then Vice President Kamala Harris, who had just secured the Democratic nomination for President and how MAGA media, including Sean Hannity, went after her for doing a joint interview with her Vice Presidential nominee Governor Tim Walz. You would think a sitting President of the United States could be able to handle a softball/wiffle ball interview by himself. But maybe competency is not what the voters wanted in a President.
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