Donald Trump, Elon Musk handle the left’s constitutional disaster allegations throughout ‘Hannity’ unique

President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk responded to allegations from liberal media pundits and Democratic leaders that they’re making a constitutional disaster, arguing their detractors “are responsible of the crime of which they accuse us.”

“That is at all times the very first thing they do. ‘He is in violation of the Structure.’ They do not even know what they’re speaking [about],” Trump mentioned in the course of the pair’s first joint interview on “Hannity” Tuesday.

The forty seventh president added the accusers “could not care much less in regards to the Structure.”

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Musk added in the course of the “Hannity” unique that the allegations are “absurd.” 

“When these assaults happen, the factor that they are accusing the administration of is what they’re responsible of. They’re saying that issues which are being completed are unconstitutional, however what they’re doing is unconstitutional,” the Tesla founder argued.

The seemingly unlikely political duo mentioned a variety of subjects in the course of the unique wide-ranging interview with Fox Information host Sean Hannity, together with the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), Trump’s first 100 days in workplace and different main points.

Trump formally introduced Musk’s function in his new administration shortly after his decisive victory within the November election, tapping him to assist DOGE “dismantle Authorities Paperwork, slash extra laws, minimize wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Businesses.” 

In current weeks, DOGE has focused the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement, america Division of Well being and Human Companies and america Division of Schooling. 

Since taking workplace, Trump and the DOGE agenda have confronted mounting scrutiny from many Democrats. A number of media retailers and Democratic voices have focused Musk, accusing him of usurping presidential powers by means of DOGE and mocking him as “President Elon Musk.”

“We should be over the goal or doing one thing proper,” Musk instructed Fox Information host Sean Hannity. 

“They would not be complaining a lot if we weren’t doing one thing helpful… What we’re actually making an attempt to do right here is restore the need of the individuals by means of the president. And what we’re discovering is that there is an unelected paperwork – talking of unelected, there is a huge federal paperwork that’s implacably against the president and the cupboard.”

Musk concluded that outrage from many on the left is “the beating of the paperwork as we attempt to restore democracy and the need of the individuals.”

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The pair additionally defined how their unsuspecting political alliance got here along side the “alternative to repair the system and to revive the facility of democracy” offered by Trump’s decisive 2024 election victory.

Whereas DOGE is the administration’s major vessel for addressing “waste, fraud and abuse,” Trump and Musk additionally emphasised the function of “competence” and “care” in bringing about authorities change.

“If you add extra competence and caring, you get a greater deal for the American individuals,” Musk mentioned, claiming that the American taxpayer has been getting a “horrible deal” significantly within the earlier Biden administration.

Additionally in the course of the “Hannity” unique, Musk opened up about his expertise with “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” revealing he didn’t notice it was an actual factor till he was at a good friend’s ceremonial dinner a month or two earlier than the Nov. 5, 2024 presidential election.

“I occurred to say the president’s title, and it was like they bought shot with a dart within the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies,” Musk mentioned within the joint interview.

Musk imitated individuals on the get together going loopy and questioned why they couldn’t have a standard dialog.

“It is like they’ve turn into fully irrational,” he mentioned. 

Trump and Musk additionally shut down numerous makes an attempt by the media in current weeks to “drive us aside.”

“I see it on a regular basis,” Trump mentioned. “Really, Elon referred to as me — he mentioned, you realize, ‘They’re making an attempt to drive us aside.’ I mentioned, ‘Completely.’”

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“It is simply so apparent. They’re so dangerous at it. I used to assume they had been good at it. They’re truly dangerous at it as a result of in the event that they had been good at it, I would by no means be president,” Trump added, who isn’t any stranger to criticism. 

Fox Information Digital’s Louis Casiano, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.