Elon Musk: If the bureaucracy is preventing the president from implementing what the people want, then we live in a bureaucracy, not a democracy. “The President will make these executive orders, which are very sensible and good for the country, but then they don't get implemented. For example, the President issued an executive order saying we need to stop taking taxpayer money and paying for luxury hotels for illegal immigrants, which makes no sense. Obviously, people do not want their tax dollars going to fund high-end hotels for illegals. And yet, they were still doing that, even as late as last week. And so, we went in there and said this is in violation of the presidential executive order and that it needs to stop. One of the biggest functions of the DOGE team is just making sure that the presidential executive orders are actually carried out. The president is the elected representative of the people, so he's representing the will of the people. If the bureaucracy is fighting the will of the people and preventing the president from implementing what the people want, then what we live in is a bureaucracy and not a democracy.” Fox News, February 18, 2025