Molly Ball

You know, we're going to see the administration, I think, put forward some of its more aggressive legal theories about executive power. The sort of big picture theory is this is the executive branch. The president's the head of the executive branch. It's ultimately up to the president to do what he wants to with the branch of government that he sort of embodies.

You know, we're going to see the administration, I think, put forward some of its more aggressive legal theories about executive power. The sort of big picture theory is this is the executive branch. The president's the head of the executive branch. It's ultimately up to the president to do what he wants to with the branch of government that he sort of embodies.

You know, we're going to see the administration, I think, put forward some of its more aggressive legal theories about executive power. The sort of big picture theory is this is the executive branch. The president's the head of the executive branch. It's ultimately up to the president to do what he wants to with the branch of government that he sort of embodies.

And so it might still exist as a matter of statute, but it doesn't functionally exist.

And so it might still exist as a matter of statute, but it doesn't functionally exist.

And so it might still exist as a matter of statute, but it doesn't functionally exist.

Yeah. And we're hearing about the potential for these kind of large-scale firings at the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency as well, other agencies are clearly in their sights. I think the other question that Joel sort of alluded to was, is there actually a constituency for these agencies, both among the public and

Yeah. And we're hearing about the potential for these kind of large-scale firings at the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency as well, other agencies are clearly in their sights. I think the other question that Joel sort of alluded to was, is there actually a constituency for these agencies, both among the public and

Yeah. And we're hearing about the potential for these kind of large-scale firings at the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency as well, other agencies are clearly in their sights. I think the other question that Joel sort of alluded to was, is there actually a constituency for these agencies, both among the public and

and among Congress that would lead to the administration getting pressure to put the brakes on, right? I mean, the government does stuff, right? It serves people all across the country. And we are already hearing from members of Congress that their phone lines are being flooded with constituents expressing some level of outrage, many of whom are directly affected by this. So that's it.

and among Congress that would lead to the administration getting pressure to put the brakes on, right? I mean, the government does stuff, right? It serves people all across the country. And we are already hearing from members of Congress that their phone lines are being flooded with constituents expressing some level of outrage, many of whom are directly affected by this. So that's it.

and among Congress that would lead to the administration getting pressure to put the brakes on, right? I mean, the government does stuff, right? It serves people all across the country. And we are already hearing from members of Congress that their phone lines are being flooded with constituents expressing some level of outrage, many of whom are directly affected by this. So that's it.

Another question is, is there going to be so much political blowback? But part of the reason that, you know, Elon Musk likes to go in, move fast and break things, is that if you just do this so quickly that that reaction doesn't have time to percolate, either the, you know, popular backlash or the response in the courts, that it's just effectively over before anyone can do anything about it.

Another question is, is there going to be so much political blowback? But part of the reason that, you know, Elon Musk likes to go in, move fast and break things, is that if you just do this so quickly that that reaction doesn't have time to percolate, either the, you know, popular backlash or the response in the courts, that it's just effectively over before anyone can do anything about it.

Another question is, is there going to be so much political blowback? But part of the reason that, you know, Elon Musk likes to go in, move fast and break things, is that if you just do this so quickly that that reaction doesn't have time to percolate, either the, you know, popular backlash or the response in the courts, that it's just effectively over before anyone can do anything about it.

Thanks, Joel.

Thanks, Joel.

Thanks, Joel.

Well, it's interesting because, you know, we talked before about how there's this school of thought that says that Trump doesn't really want to put on the tariffs. He just wants to use it as a negotiating tactic to get leverage for other parts of his agenda, some economic, some not. That seems to have pretty much played out with these Canada and Mexico tariffs specifically.

Well, it's interesting because, you know, we talked before about how there's this school of thought that says that Trump doesn't really want to put on the tariffs. He just wants to use it as a negotiating tactic to get leverage for other parts of his agenda, some economic, some not. That seems to have pretty much played out with these Canada and Mexico tariffs specifically.