[alxjrvs]

> Either way, I think a pro-Democracy attitude will oppose growing power of unelected officials, regardless of political leanings.

DOGE is headed by an unelected official, from a party with not a lot of Pro-democracy leanings to spare right now.

[TimTheTinker]

DOGE headed by Elon Musk was one of Trump's foremost campaign promises.

In terms of democracy, that is about as direct of an electoral mandate as possible.

> not a lot of Pro-democracy leanings to spare right now

How about having been duly elected in the ballot boxes? Being pro-democracy means accepting and implementing the will of the people.

(Trump disputed the election results in 2020 because he believed there was widespread election fraud. That may be evidence he was deluded, but I don't think it's necessarily evidence of being anti-democracy in his leanings.)

[tzs]

> > not a lot of Pro-democracy leanings to spare right now

> How about having been duly elected by a landslide majority in ballot boxes?

How is 49.8% a "landslide majority"?

[alxjrvs]

> I don't think it's necessarily evidence of being anti-democracy in his leanings.

This is either willful ignorance or something else.