Molly Ball

And that's how you find out that actually we did need that function of the government to be operating and fully staffed.

You know, there's been a lot of talk and commentary about the potential for a constitutional crisis if the administration does not respect judicial decisions, if they decide to simply ignore something that a court has told them to do. Vance has tweeted this. He has previously made comments to this effect. And you have Musk saying, you know, questioning the legitimacy of these courts to rule.

You know, there's been a lot of talk and commentary about the potential for a constitutional crisis if the administration does not respect judicial decisions, if they decide to simply ignore something that a court has told them to do. Vance has tweeted this. He has previously made comments to this effect. And you have Musk saying, you know, questioning the legitimacy of these courts to rule.

You know, there's been a lot of talk and commentary about the potential for a constitutional crisis if the administration does not respect judicial decisions, if they decide to simply ignore something that a court has told them to do. Vance has tweeted this. He has previously made comments to this effect. And you have Musk saying, you know, questioning the legitimacy of these courts to rule.

So what I found the most striking was that when Trump was asked this question, he repeatedly said, we will respect the judge's decisions, we'll appeal, and we think we'll win eventually.

So what I found the most striking was that when Trump was asked this question, he repeatedly said, we will respect the judge's decisions, we'll appeal, and we think we'll win eventually.

So what I found the most striking was that when Trump was asked this question, he repeatedly said, we will respect the judge's decisions, we'll appeal, and we think we'll win eventually.

And I think a lot of sort of constitutional scholars breathe a sigh of relief at that just because the potential consequences are quite serious for our democracy.

And I think a lot of sort of constitutional scholars breathe a sigh of relief at that just because the potential consequences are quite serious for our democracy.

And I think a lot of sort of constitutional scholars breathe a sigh of relief at that just because the potential consequences are quite serious for our democracy.

I think a lot of people come to Trump and they're completely dependent on him, you know, for power or the appearance of power and so on. And so Trump can just fire those people and then they're left with nothing. Elon, you know, as Tim has been saying, not only did Elon provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help Trump get elected, but he's bringing his own staff to this effort to, you

I think a lot of people come to Trump and they're completely dependent on him, you know, for power or the appearance of power and so on. And so Trump can just fire those people and then they're left with nothing. Elon, you know, as Tim has been saying, not only did Elon provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help Trump get elected, but he's bringing his own staff to this effort to, you

I think a lot of people come to Trump and they're completely dependent on him, you know, for power or the appearance of power and so on. And so Trump can just fire those people and then they're left with nothing. Elon, you know, as Tim has been saying, not only did Elon provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help Trump get elected, but he's bringing his own staff to this effort to, you

he has his own platform in X and his ability to control the narrative in a way that I think Trump finds familiar and impressive as well. So it is hard to imagine, you know, an amicable divorce just because their interests are so bound up together at this point.

he has his own platform in X and his ability to control the narrative in a way that I think Trump finds familiar and impressive as well. So it is hard to imagine, you know, an amicable divorce just because their interests are so bound up together at this point.

he has his own platform in X and his ability to control the narrative in a way that I think Trump finds familiar and impressive as well. So it is hard to imagine, you know, an amicable divorce just because their interests are so bound up together at this point.

So the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act essentially says if you are an American company and you're doing business overseas, you're not allowed to pay bribes to, you know, corrupt governments or officials in other countries. Of course, this is a very common way of doing business in all sorts of countries all over the world. But the idea is that it is not legal for American businesses.

So the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act essentially says if you are an American company and you're doing business overseas, you're not allowed to pay bribes to, you know, corrupt governments or officials in other countries. Of course, this is a very common way of doing business in all sorts of countries all over the world. But the idea is that it is not legal for American businesses.

So the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act essentially says if you are an American company and you're doing business overseas, you're not allowed to pay bribes to, you know, corrupt governments or officials in other countries. Of course, this is a very common way of doing business in all sorts of countries all over the world. But the idea is that it is not legal for American businesses.

to be engaging in this. And so Trump, in taking this action, said that basically it cast this as a regulation that was inhibiting American business practices, which of course it does. It's much harder to do business in a lot of places if you're not allowed to pay bribes.