{"id":358,"date":"2025-02-22T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=358"},"modified":"2025-02-22T17:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:15:52","slug":"358","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>he next time they talked, both billionaires agreed with Hannity that the \u201cold media\u201d was trying to make them dislike each other:<\/p>\n<p><em>Hannity: \u201cYou\u2019re both aware, you have to be keenly aware that the media and the punditry class \u2014 I think you\u2019ve proven they have no power anymore because they threw everything they had at you and they didn\u2019t win. And that was, you know, The New York Times, Washington Post, three networks, every late-night comedy show, two cable channels. They just, they threw everything. Lawfare, weaponization.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump: \u201cTrue.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hannity: \u201cAnd now I see, they want you two to \u2014 they want a divorce. They want you two to start hating each other. And they try, oh, President Elon Musk, for example. You do know that they\u2019re doing that to you?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7063311234970495\" data-ad-slot=\"2702911965\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;client=ca-pub-7063311234970495&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;slotname=2702911965&amp;adk=1445025086&amp;adf=2098573761&amp;pi=t.ma~as.2702911965&amp;w=580&amp;abgtt=6&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1740228272&amp;rafmt=1&amp;format=580x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fpresident-trump-89509%2F%3Futm_source%3DCB%26utm_medium%3D573%26fbclid%3DIwY2xjawIm5IZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUciJlwrZyFhwYnUg8xvHEilR5d3IV5JZyATRKEfBXmp7qgo5t6NT8dUlw_aem_D6IrUc3WkAAQVNMWWlBMzA&amp;fwr=0&amp;fwrattr=true&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTUuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTMzLjAuNjk0My4xMjciLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siTm90KEE6QnJhbmQiLCI5OS4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjEzMy4wLjY5NDMuMTI3Il0sWyJDaHJvbWl1bSIsIjEzMy4wLjY5NDMuMTI3Il1dLDBd&amp;dt=1740244316877&amp;bpp=4&amp;bdt=16250&amp;idt=565&amp;shv=r20250218&amp;mjsv=m202502180101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dad54d8daf496a953%3AT%3D1740180545%3ART%3D1740244285%3AS%3DALNI_MYKxSsax0fyJfMJXsIQQRqD8KYIzA&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000103c8af294cc%3AT%3D1740180545%3ART%3D1740244285%3AS%3DALNI_MZyOlUtzCcfPjaic26gzWHsljmqKw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D0e078ef8a9ac0f47%3AT%3D1740180545%3ART%3D1740244285%3AS%3DAA-Afja-88shUoz5btfQsnoWmuBq&amp;prev_fmts=0x0&amp;nras=1&amp;correlator=7830539773334&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=768&amp;u_w=1366&amp;u_ah=720&amp;u_aw=1366&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1&amp;dmc=4&amp;adx=385&amp;ady=2510&amp;biw=1349&amp;bih=633&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=31090561%2C95344789%2C95350442%2C95350549%2C95352077%2C95347433%2C95350016&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=414752983321824&amp;tmod=733687217&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1920&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C720%2C1366%2C633&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&amp;abl=CS&amp;pfx=0&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;td=1&amp;tdf=2&amp;psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&amp;nt=1&amp;ifi=2&amp;uci=a!2&amp;btvi=1&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=18826\" name=\"aswift_1\" width=\"580\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!2\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-26=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CL7JiqLj14sDFcdsFQgdWXwPKQ\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><em>Trump: \u201cOh, I see it all the time. They tried it. Then they stopped. They have many different things of hatred. Actually, Elon called me. He said, you know, they\u2019re trying to drive us apart. I said, absolutely. No, they said, we have breaking news. Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk. President Musk will be attending a cabinet meeting tonight at eight o\u2019clock. And I say, it\u2019s just so obvious. They\u2019re so bad at it. I used to think they were good at it. They\u2019re actually bad at it because if they were good at it, I\u2019d never be president. Because I think nobody in history has ever gotten more bad publicity than me. I could do the greatest things, I get 98 percent bad publicity. I could do \u2014 outside of you and a few of your very good friends.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hannity: \u201cRight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump: \u201cIt\u2019s like the craziest thing. But, you know what I have learned, Elon? The people are smart. They get it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Musk: \u201cYeah, they do, actually.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump: \u201cThey get it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Musk: \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump: \u201cThey really see what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Musk: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DOGE chair Elon Musk is calling on the GOP-controlled Congress to draft a \u201cwave of impeachments\u201d for federal judges after a court in D.C. ordered the Trump administration to restore federal health datasets that were taken offline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere needs to be an immediate wave of judicial impeachments, not just one,\u201d Musk said on his X platform in response to a claim of a conflict of interest involving U.S. District Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee.<\/p>\n<p>Bates\u2019 ruling followed an executive order issued by President Trump which banned the promotion of \u201cgender ideology\u201d by the government. Bates ruled in favor of Doctors for America (DFA)\u2014a progressive physicians\u2019 advocacy group that argued the removal violated federal law.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate matter, Musk called for the impeachment of another federal judge after a ruling temporarily blocked his Department of Government Efficiency\u2019s (DOGE) access to Treasury Department data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-12578241793956198-359\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump has maintained that he will comply with court orders that restrict parts of his agenda, though on Wednesday morning he questioned the recent rulings that have stalled some of his administration\u2019s initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDOGE has found massive amounts of FRAUD, WASTE, INCOMPETENCE, AND ABUSE, but even knowing this, a highly political, activist Judge wants us to immediately make payment, anyway. In other words pay, even though you know the payment was fraudulently requested to be made. DOGE caught them \u2013 The Judge just doesn\u2019t care. It doesn\u2019t make sense!!!\u201d the president wrote on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely that the Trump administration will appeal the rulings, and in some cases \u2013 such as his order banning birthright citizenship \u2013 the president has sought federal court challenges and eventual Supreme Court rulings to settle certain issues once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Republican congressman said this week that he has drafted articles of impeachment against a federal judge who barred DOGE from accessing Treasury Department payment systems, Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Representative Eli Crane stated on X (formerly Twitter) that Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer was \u201cattempting to stop White House employees from accessing the very systems they oversee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He issued a preliminary injunction that prevents DOGE\u2014a group that isn\u2019t an official government department\u2014from accessing Treasury Department records containing the personal financial data of millions of Americans. The order also requires DOGE to destroy any such records it acquired since January 20, according to Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>In his ruling, Engelmayer cautioned that the sudden policy change could lead to the leaking of personal information or compromise Treasury systems through hacking. He also noted that state legal proceedings regarding access to Treasury data would likely determine that DOGE\u2019s demands lack proper legal justification.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_358\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"358\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he next time they talked, both billionaires agreed with Hannity that the \u201cold media\u201d was trying to make them dislike each other: Hannity: \u201cYou\u2019re both aware, you have to be keenly aware that the media and the punditry class \u2014 I think you\u2019ve proven they have no power anymore because they threw everything they had&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=358\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_358\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"358\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":12,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}