Christopher Rufo
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So we're now in the implementation phase. And I think that this is just the beginning.
And while, yes, executive orders can come and go, I think there will be a legislative component coming in the next few months to try to entrench some of these ideas, entrench some of these policies through the legislature, through Congress, so that they're perhaps more permanent and certainly more difficult to overturn in the future.
And while, yes, executive orders can come and go, I think there will be a legislative component coming in the next few months to try to entrench some of these ideas, entrench some of these policies through the legislature, through Congress, so that they're perhaps more permanent and certainly more difficult to overturn in the future.
And while, yes, executive orders can come and go, I think there will be a legislative component coming in the next few months to try to entrench some of these ideas, entrench some of these policies through the legislature, through Congress, so that they're perhaps more permanent and certainly more difficult to overturn in the future.
Yeah, it's really good executive management. And I think that story in particular, this idea that you could send an email to all federal employees saying, respond to this email with resign in the subject line and you're gone, is something that was unimaginable, not just in Trump's first term, but really in the first term of any previous president. And I think this is really...
Yeah, it's really good executive management. And I think that story in particular, this idea that you could send an email to all federal employees saying, respond to this email with resign in the subject line and you're gone, is something that was unimaginable, not just in Trump's first term, but really in the first term of any previous president. And I think this is really...
Yeah, it's really good executive management. And I think that story in particular, this idea that you could send an email to all federal employees saying, respond to this email with resign in the subject line and you're gone, is something that was unimaginable, not just in Trump's first term, but really in the first term of any previous president. And I think this is really...
the stroke of Elon Musk's influence. This is the kind of thing that Elon Musk demonstrated when he took over Twitter. He fired 80% of the staff and improved the product. They're taking that ethos into the Oval Office and into the White House. This is part of the New Right Coalition. They've brought in some of the tech leaders, There's, of course, squabbling on issues.
the stroke of Elon Musk's influence. This is the kind of thing that Elon Musk demonstrated when he took over Twitter. He fired 80% of the staff and improved the product. They're taking that ethos into the Oval Office and into the White House. This is part of the New Right Coalition. They've brought in some of the tech leaders, There's, of course, squabbling on issues.
the stroke of Elon Musk's influence. This is the kind of thing that Elon Musk demonstrated when he took over Twitter. He fired 80% of the staff and improved the product. They're taking that ethos into the Oval Office and into the White House. This is part of the New Right Coalition. They've brought in some of the tech leaders, There's, of course, squabbling on issues.
Tech leaders want concessions on, for example, H1B visas. But on the bright side of this partnership where we can all agree is a kind of ruthless administration, downsizing the government, going after the deep state, dismantling the permanent bureaucracy.
Tech leaders want concessions on, for example, H1B visas. But on the bright side of this partnership where we can all agree is a kind of ruthless administration, downsizing the government, going after the deep state, dismantling the permanent bureaucracy.
Tech leaders want concessions on, for example, H1B visas. But on the bright side of this partnership where we can all agree is a kind of ruthless administration, downsizing the government, going after the deep state, dismantling the permanent bureaucracy.
And that's something that I think really requires an audacious kind of leadership that Musk has demonstrated and now Trump has learned from and is demonstrating in government.
And that's something that I think really requires an audacious kind of leadership that Musk has demonstrated and now Trump has learned from and is demonstrating in government.
And that's something that I think really requires an audacious kind of leadership that Musk has demonstrated and now Trump has learned from and is demonstrating in government.
Yeah, that's part of the process. And I watched this up close in Florida as we were doing some reforms in K through 12 schools and higher education in Florida. There were so many instances of malicious compliance from school administrators, school librarians, university officials. And I think that the governor, Governor DeSantis, developed a pretty strong formula.
Yeah, that's part of the process. And I watched this up close in Florida as we were doing some reforms in K through 12 schools and higher education in Florida. There were so many instances of malicious compliance from school administrators, school librarians, university officials. And I think that the governor, Governor DeSantis, developed a pretty strong formula.
Yeah, that's part of the process. And I watched this up close in Florida as we were doing some reforms in K through 12 schools and higher education in Florida. There were so many instances of malicious compliance from school administrators, school librarians, university officials. And I think that the governor, Governor DeSantis, developed a pretty strong formula.
It was to reiterate the principle, to have his rapid response communications team rebut the errors and lies and manipulations in real time, and then really just bulldoze through. Because he told me something very interesting one time as we were reforming one of the universities. He said, look, You're going to get a thousand negative news articles. And I have your back.