MSNBC’s The 11th Hour
02/04/2025
11:25 PM
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: DEMOCRATS PUSH BACK ON ELON MUSK & DOGE EFFORTS]
STEPHANIE RUHLE: All right, Max, let’s talk about Elon Musk. Early days, the idea was, he was going to be kind of hiding in the background pulling strings. But he is even more than front and center. I mean, this guy is getting more headlines than Donald Trump. What is your latest reporting?
MAX CHAFKIN: Yeah, he is not a behind the scenes kind of guy. I mentioned over the weekend he got access to these- or we believe he got access anyway- to these Treasury Department payment systems. This is very strange, you know, it is not a normal thing. It’s probably illegal- and just a- huge- expansion of his authority.
And then there was this account of Elon Musk and his- you know, DOGE- these DOGE- young men- young men and- and perhaps a few women, I’m not sure, but- but…
