Elon Musk says he and Trump have 'mandate to delete' regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In picking billionaire Elon Musk to be “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won’t be the first American president to empower a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations.

President Ronald Reagan tapped J. Peter Grace to lead a bureaucratic cost-cutting commission in 1982. Still, the chemical business magnate had fewer conflicts of interest than the world’s richest man does today.

Musk’s SpaceX holds billions of dollars in NASA contracts. He’s CEO of Tesla, an electric car business that benefits from government tax incentives and is subject to auto safety rules. His social media platform X, artificial intelligence startup xAI, brain implant maker Neuralink and tunnel-building Boring company all intersect with the federal government in various ways.

“There’s direct conflicts between his businesses and government’s interest,” said Ann Skeet, director of leadership ethics at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center. “He’s now in a position to try and curry favor for those enterprises.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-doge-tesla-spacex-80fa8b213b46460b1a0e369dc07a6404

[louis-t]

1. Let me 'splain it for you.

THEY DON'T INTEND TO FOLLOW ANY LAWS!!!!

[gab13by13]

3. Exactly,

the mandate he is talking about comes from Putin.

[getagrip_already]

2. Matt will get right on that....

Any suits will surely get filed in the 5th circuit otherwise.

We are as safe as we are under garland.

[LearnedHand]

4. Exactly who will enforce this?

[RobinA]

5. Did Somebody

elect Musk for something? Shouldn't he be the subject of some planned purge? He wasn't on the ballot here in PA. Brings me back to the Clinton years when shrieks of "We didn't vote for Hillary" were heard when Bill Clinton opined that she would be co-President on health care.

Co-Queen with Vance?

[Omnipresent]

6. Trump no longer needs Elon.

So before you know it’s…bye bye Elon!

[louis-t]

7. I believe (and have been saying) you are right.

Elon is trying to run things already and pissing a lot of people off. One he sees the incompetence in Nazi Germany: The Sequel, he may not want to stay around for that shit show anyway. He's an opportunist, but he's not gonna put up with them dragging his name in the mud.