{"id":26136,"date":"2025-02-03T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T22:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=press&#038;p=26136"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:04:20","slug":"national-advocates-ask-trump-whos-in-charge-you-or-elon","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/press\/national-advocates-ask-trump-whos-in-charge-you-or-elon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationale Bef\u00fcrworter fragen Trump: Wer hat das Sagen, Sie oder Elon?"},"template":"","class_list":["post-26136","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"WASHINGTON\u2014This afternoon, Common Cause, End Citizens United, and a coalition of 10 diverse advocacy groups, sent a letter to President Trump demanding he fire Elon Musk and shut down the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Their call comes after Trump named Elon Musk a \"special government employee,\u201d raising a major conflict of interest given his private companies that rely on government funding.  ","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7806}"],"related_issues":[129,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":true,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7806}"],"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div><strong>WASHINGTON-<\/strong>This afternoon, Common Cause, End Citizens United, and a coalition of 10 diverse\u00a0advocacy groups, sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MuskLetter1.pdf\">Brief<\/a> to President Trump demanding he fire Elon Musk and shut down the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Their call comes after Trump named Elon Musk a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/02\/03\/doge-elon-musk-special-employee-federal-government\/78185365007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"special government employee,\u201d<\/a> raising a major conflict of interest given his private companies that rely on government funding.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/arbeiten\/feuer-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firemusk.org<\/a>.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Statement of Common Cause President &amp; CEO Virginia Kase Solomon:<\/strong><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>\u201cNo one elected Elon Musk to any office, and we certainly didn\u2019t vote for a billionaire to mess with the American people\u2019s livelihoods. Since day one, Musk has created chaos and confusion and put livelihoods at risk.\u00a0His unprecedented actions are deeply concerning and beg the question, who\u2019s running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk?<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>\u201cFrom the campaign trail to the White House, Elon Musk has been pulling the strings on this puppet president. He is accountable to no one but himself. In exchange for $200 million and influence over X to sway votes in the 2024 election, Trump has given up full control of our government to an unaccountable CEO.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>\u201cThe Constitution only allows for one president at a time. It's time Donald Trump take back his role as the executive in charge and show Elon the door.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>Um den Brief zu lesen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MuskLetter1.pdf\">klicken Sie hier<\/a>.<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/arbeiten\/feuer-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firemusk.org<\/a>.<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Advocates Ask Trump: Who\u2019s in Charge, You or Elon? - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/drucken\/national-advocates-ask-trump-whos-in-charge-you-or-elon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Advocates Ask Trump: Who\u2019s in Charge, You or Elon?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/drucken\/national-advocates-ask-trump-whos-in-charge-you-or-elon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T21:04:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/national-advocates-ask-trump-whos-in-charge-you-or-elon\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/national-advocates-ask-trump-whos-in-charge-you-or-elon\/\",\"name\":\"National Advocates Ask Trump: Who\u2019s in Charge, You or Elon? 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