Narcissists believe their own lies.
This week, Trump fired the inspector general assigned to USAID after the office released a report detailing the potential consequences of Trump and Musk’s dismantling of the agency. No reason was given for the termination.
This came after the recent mass firings of agency inspectors general. New reports also raise concerns that certain fired IGs — who conduct independent investigations and are not meant to be subject or loyal to the whims of political appointees — were actively investigating matters that could affect Musk’s business interests.
Claiming that DOGE is not subject to FOIA, and that its records are instead subject to the Presidential Records Act, means that the public wouldn’t know the true extent of DOGE and Musk’s influence, power, and destruction until at least 2034.
His space exploration company SpaceX has received over $20 billion from the federal government over the past 15 years, according to federal spending records.
Tesla has received money from the U.S. government, including a loan from the Department of Energy and payments for vehicles given to embassies. Tesla has also benefited from government incentives for electric vehicles.
Loan from the Department of Energy. In 2010, the Department of Energy gave Tesla a $465 million loan to help produce electric vehicles and build a manufacturing facility in Fremont, California.
Federal government contractors are prohibited from making contributions or expenditures, or promising to make any such contribution or expenditure, to any political party, committee, or candidate for federal office, or to any person for any political purpose or use. Trump fiired the head of FEC, the enforcing agency.
Should Musk have to account?