To the editor:
Does Elon Musk have the proper security clearances for access to agency personnel records and government payment systems? Of course, he does.
People have forgotten the new theory of presidential authorization floated up in the classified documents case. Any and every document is declassified as soon as the President says it is.
In today’s federal government, there is no paperwork required, no accountability channels to clear, just the President’s word.
Even sweeping national policies can be enacted in one breath today and taken away in one breath tomorrow. 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico today, zero tariffs tomorrow. An end to TikTok today, back in business tomorrow. Forced and final displacement of Gazans today, a return of Gazans to their land tomorrow.
Land deals are handled the same way. Today, the President can “own” great big strips of foreign land with no diplomacy or treaty paperwork involved. Greenland, Gaza, the Gulf of America, and the Panama Canal belong to America just by the President’s say so.
If you have all the power and all the money, just blow some wind out of your mouth.
Kimball Shinkoskey
Utah
