With messages like “Nobody elected Elon” and “Ban Musk from our Government,” hundreds of people gathered in a mass demonstration in front of the Treasury Department in Washington DC, where they demanded the exclusion of Elon Musk of the Donald Trump administration after the integration of DOGE into the public financial system.
The crowd, holding signs, also spoke out in favour of defending democracy and against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gaining access to the Treasury Department's payment system in order to oversee public accounts.
And by having access to the payment system, it allows Musk, who leads DOGE, to directly supervise public accounts, generating uncertainty due to the lack of democratic controls in favor of President Donald Trump, and imposing people for his benefit.
During the demonstration, messages such as “Nobody elected Elon” and “Musk bans our government” could be read, demonstrating their dissatisfaction.
At the scene, Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley, representing Massachusetts’s 7th District, said: “Elon Musk was not elected. He’s a Nazi baby nepo who breaks everything he touches. And right now he’s locked in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.”
Since Trump appointed Elon Musk to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, the owner of X has announced his plans on this social network, leaving an idea of the changes he will make.
Musk wants to reduce the federal budget to $2 trillion, which would be 30 percent less, and to achieve his goal, he has suggested several measures such as cutting entire agencies and asking heads of agencies to be fired, among other actions.
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