John Hickenlooper: “When the president gives total control for a lot of these…”

“I don't have firm numbers on that yet. I understood in each case that each one of these people serves at the will of the president. So when he, When the president gives total control for a lot of these budget cuts over to Elon Musk, they're going to do what they're going to do. and they're going to make demands on that person nominated to run that agency, and that person's not going to have a lot of choice.” (09:28–09:37)

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