Listen, what President Trump and Elon Musk are doing is they are trying to rein in the out of control spending. And in terms of the Constitution, There is a long history of presidents exercising a power called impoundment. As you know, I do a podcast every week called Verdict with Ted Cruz. Yesterday's podcast does a deep dive explaining what Trump and Elon are doing. (03:24–03:30)
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Asserts that impoundment is a historically used presidential power.
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