Americans Don’t Want What Musk Is Serving: Nia-Malika Henderson

President Donald Trump enters his second month in office in a slightly different place than where he began on Inauguration Day. His poll numbers are sagging, some GOP allies are anxious and vocal, and members of Congress have faced bipartisan criticism at angry town halls.

The problem: Trump’s elevation of Elon Musk.

At first, Republicans and even some Democrats were eager to work with Musk’s government efficiency initiative. But their enthusiasm has waned as Musk’s efforts to buy out, intimidate or fire 2.6 million federal workers have given rise to mushrooming legal challenges and embarrassing headlines about erroneously fired nuclear weapons experts, food safety staffers, and ...