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Damian Paletta

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86 total appearances

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The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

I mean, great question. I mean, in the TikTok example, we believe that it's hard to find someone with standing to sue. So, yes, it does seem completely different from what the law says, a law that was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last year and signed by President Biden. But it's hard to find, like, who would have the standing to file a lawsuit to get it gummed up in the courts.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

I mean, great question. I mean, in the TikTok example, we believe that it's hard to find someone with standing to sue. So, yes, it does seem completely different from what the law says, a law that was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last year and signed by President Biden. But it's hard to find, like, who would have the standing to file a lawsuit to get it gummed up in the courts.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And the same thing with the inspectors general. yes, you have to notify Congress within 30 days before, and you have to give specific reasons. Trump did none of that. I suppose some of the inspectors generals could sue, but in this example, the spending example, many people would have the standing to sue because it would impact them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And the same thing with the inspectors general. yes, you have to notify Congress within 30 days before, and you have to give specific reasons. Trump did none of that. I suppose some of the inspectors generals could sue, but in this example, the spending example, many people would have the standing to sue because it would impact them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And the same thing with the inspectors general. yes, you have to notify Congress within 30 days before, and you have to give specific reasons. Trump did none of that. I suppose some of the inspectors generals could sue, but in this example, the spending example, many people would have the standing to sue because it would impact them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And that's what got this case in front of a federal judge so quickly.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And that's what got this case in front of a federal judge so quickly.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And that's what got this case in front of a federal judge so quickly.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

So it looks like this came right out of Elon Musk's shop and the Office of Personnel Management. And one of the issues with this, so the idea is they email this kind of buyout offer, although it has the same subject line that Elon Musk used in his sort of similar buyout offer when he took over Twitter in 2022.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

So it looks like this came right out of Elon Musk's shop and the Office of Personnel Management. And one of the issues with this, so the idea is they email this kind of buyout offer, although it has the same subject line that Elon Musk used in his sort of similar buyout offer when he took over Twitter in 2022.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

So it looks like this came right out of Elon Musk's shop and the Office of Personnel Management. And one of the issues with this, so the idea is they email this kind of buyout offer, although it has the same subject line that Elon Musk used in his sort of similar buyout offer when he took over Twitter in 2022.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Yeah. And so it goes out to over two million federal employees. Democrats immediately said, whoa, whoa, this seems like kind of a trick, a rope-a-dope. Because you have to respond, resign in the email. And so what if you respond that this is an illegally binding contract?

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Yeah. And so it goes out to over two million federal employees. Democrats immediately said, whoa, whoa, this seems like kind of a trick, a rope-a-dope. Because you have to respond, resign in the email. And so what if you respond that this is an illegally binding contract?

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Yeah. And so it goes out to over two million federal employees. Democrats immediately said, whoa, whoa, this seems like kind of a trick, a rope-a-dope. Because you have to respond, resign in the email. And so what if you respond that this is an illegally binding contract?

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Also, Congress is only author or the government's only authorized to pay employees through March 14th because that's when a shutdown would happen if there's not a deal. And so there's no money. There's actually no money to pay people through September 30th. Now, Congress can do a new bill, but people would be agreeing to something when there's actually no money to pay them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Also, Congress is only author or the government's only authorized to pay employees through March 14th because that's when a shutdown would happen if there's not a deal. And so there's no money. There's actually no money to pay people through September 30th. Now, Congress can do a new bill, but people would be agreeing to something when there's actually no money to pay them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Also, Congress is only author or the government's only authorized to pay employees through March 14th because that's when a shutdown would happen if there's not a deal. And so there's no money. There's actually no money to pay people through September 30th. Now, Congress can do a new bill, but people would be agreeing to something when there's actually no money to pay them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And so there's a lot of questions that was done without real press releases, without an explanation, without any clarification, and even without a follow-up, without real answers about how it's going to work. And so that's just led to confusion and even a little bit of paranoia about what the administration's really up to.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And so there's a lot of questions that was done without real press releases, without an explanation, without any clarification, and even without a follow-up, without real answers about how it's going to work. And so that's just led to confusion and even a little bit of paranoia about what the administration's really up to.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And so there's a lot of questions that was done without real press releases, without an explanation, without any clarification, and even without a follow-up, without real answers about how it's going to work. And so that's just led to confusion and even a little bit of paranoia about what the administration's really up to.