Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Judge banning Elon Musk from Treasury records, Super Bowl Sunday
February 9, 2025 • 5 mins
A Judge in the United States has blocked Elon Musk and his team from accessing Treasury Department records, keeping him from the personal finance data of millions of Americans.
Musk was appointed as a 'special government employee' upon Donald Trump's return to office and is now arguing against the Judge's ruling.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold gives Mike Hosking the details on this, and discusses the Super Bowl kicking off at 12:30pm NZT.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
States are Rich and Arnold Morning, good what he made?
Judges and courts, and Musk and Doze.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yes, Yes, Yes, Trump two point zero getting a positive
approofal rating, however, and a new CBS poll out today
which gives Trump a fifty three percent favorability score for
doing what he said he would do. When it comes
down to details, that support and not so strong. Few
are backing the idea of taking over Gaza. There are
also very mixed feelings about the raid on the US
(00:27):
government by the richest man in the world, Elon Mask,
who's approach is to barrel in as fast as he
can before opposition and the courts can intervene, flood the zone.
As they say, some sixty five thousand federal workers so
far have agreed to take retirement buy out. This is
a teeny tiny fraction, but Musk's mostly anonymous crew has
access now to at least ten federal agencies, including the
(00:49):
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is supposed to protect consumers,
was virtually shut down overnight, with workers told us stay home.
In response, the courts have begun to respond with some
forty lawsuits. Farther, However, the law as we know moves
slowly and often not very effectively. In this land, Trump
is said to be agitated by the spotlight that Elon
(01:10):
is getting, including that Time magazine cover showing Elon Musk
sitting there he is behind the presidential desk, the resolute
desk in the Oval Office. Trump said he is not
bothered by any of that yet. This is, of course,
the same Trump who made fake Time magazine covers to
her on the walls of some of his golf courses.
Trump was asked about Elon. Is there anything you've told
(01:31):
Elon Musk he cannot touch?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Well, we haven't discussed that much.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I'll tell him to go here, go there. He does it.
He's got a very capable group of people, very very
very very capable. They know what they're doing. Aha. The
person on the Musk team who got access to the
Treasury Central Payment system has just been reinstated after a
fhurl over the discovery of his racist social media. Twenty
(01:56):
five year old Marco Ellez was found to have posted
things like quote you could not pay me to marry
outside my ethnicity end quote. He wrote, also quote I
was racist before it was cool end quote. Also normalize
Indian hate end quote That last one led to I
think a pretty bizarre exchange. Trump VP JD. Vance is
married to an Indian woman who had and had an
(02:19):
Indian wedding ceremony. Vance wrote, I obviously disagree with some
of Alezz's posts, but stupid social media should not ruin.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
A kid's life.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
This is one of the very capable people the president
speaks of. I guess. Democratic Congressman Roe Kenna, who is
of Indian descent, asked Vance if he would seek an
apology from ales you discussed me, Vance wrote to the
lawmaker in response, so disgusted by that, but not by
the initial social media post. Meantime, another in the Musk
team is a nineteen year old called Edward Corristine, who
(02:49):
has a background as a computer hacker and called himself
online big balls. Yeah. Also, President Trump has signed now
an executive order to stop all aids to South Africa
as punish for what the Trump team says were rights
violations by South African government against some of its white citizens.
Trump is offering white Africana's resettlement in the United States.
(03:10):
One of their groups has declined that offer because Elon
Musk was born in South Africa and Peter Teal, the
tech bro who pushed JD. Vans into the political spotlight,
also lived in South Africa for a time, so Silicon
Valley types who grew up with the experience of South
African Aparthe eight and the move to shift to a
post Aparthe eight regime, all of.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
That on hold for now. Sunday Super Bowl Buffalo Wings
see we go.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, always huge, and this time they're suggesting it could
be the biggest rating television event here. Ever, pretty likely.
It usually gets bigger and bigger year by year. Should
be a great game. The team rivals, the Kansas City
Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, are thought by the experts
to be roughly on par, with the Eagles having perhaps
the strongest overall lineup, but the Chiefs, looking to their
quarterback Patrick Mahomes more dat thing. I just want to
(03:57):
maximize the opportunity in that I have here, and that's
leaving everything I have in the football field and just
let it rely on my teammates to go out and
handle the rest.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Well.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
The Chiefs are happy to make history. We're the first
three peet in Super Bowl stats. The Eagles QB Jalen
Hurst also has his site set on the Lombardi Trophy
and a number of Super Bowl rings. Just winning it man,
just going all the way and have an opportunity to
win it with their brothers.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Is always fine.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones says, everyone is feeling the excitement.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
This is crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Three times back, This is crazy. I can't make it up.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Security, well it's always the theme this year. Just massive,
including hundreds of National Guards, the FBI, the Secret Service.
Since Trump is attending as the first US president to
do so, homeland security is along. We're talking just hordes
of security people, especially after the New Year's Day vehicle
attack on Bourbon Street where what fifteen people were killed
and fifty seven others were injured. Meantime, if the Chiefs win,
(04:54):
does this make my homes the new playoff goat greatest
of all time? Take that, Tom Brady, many would yes,
you know I always bury for underdogs, but a Kansas
city also it would be.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Something indeed enjoy kick off at about lunchtime, usee on
time of course. By the way, just quickly on Tariff front,
Kelvin kleinb Tommy hillfigure they've been attacked by the Chinese
under a company called PBH. They slapped ten percent tariffs
on them and they seem to be out of nowhere.
The Chinese have decided to have a crack at them
and as a result of the executive order the other
(05:25):
day when we left you on Friday. But transgender athletes,
the NC double A, which is the Collegiate Athletic Association,
they've updated their student athlete policy as a result of that,
and transgender women will not be competing in women's sports
from here on in.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
For more from The Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
States are Rich and Arnold Morning, good what he made?
Judges and courts, and Musk and Doze.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yes, Yes, Yes, Trump two point zero getting a positive
approofal rating, however, and a new CBS poll out today
which gives Trump a fifty three percent favorability score for
doing what he said he would do. When it comes
down to details, that support and not so strong. Few
are backing the idea of taking over Gaza. There are
also very mixed feelings about the raid on the US
(00:27):
government by the richest man in the world, Elon Mask,
who's approach is to barrel in as fast as he
can before opposition and the courts can intervene, flood the zone.
As they say, some sixty five thousand federal workers so
far have agreed to take retirement buy out. This is
a teeny tiny fraction, but Musk's mostly anonymous crew has
access now to at least ten federal agencies, including the
(00:49):
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is supposed to protect consumers,
was virtually shut down overnight, with workers told us stay home.
In response, the courts have begun to respond with some
forty lawsuits. Farther, However, the law as we know moves
slowly and often not very effectively. In this land, Trump
is said to be agitated by the spotlight that Elon
(01:10):
is getting, including that Time magazine cover showing Elon Musk
sitting there he is behind the presidential desk, the resolute
desk in the Oval Office. Trump said he is not
bothered by any of that yet. This is, of course,
the same Trump who made fake Time magazine covers to
her on the walls of some of his golf courses.
Trump was asked about Elon. Is there anything you've told
(01:31):
Elon Musk he cannot touch?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Well, we haven't discussed that much.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I'll tell him to go here, go there. He does it.
He's got a very capable group of people, very very
very very capable. They know what they're doing. Aha. The
person on the Musk team who got access to the
Treasury Central Payment system has just been reinstated after a
fhurl over the discovery of his racist social media. Twenty
(01:56):
five year old Marco Ellez was found to have posted
things like quote you could not pay me to marry
outside my ethnicity end quote. He wrote, also quote I
was racist before it was cool end quote. Also normalize
Indian hate end quote That last one led to I
think a pretty bizarre exchange. Trump VP JD. Vance is
married to an Indian woman who had and had an
(02:19):
Indian wedding ceremony. Vance wrote, I obviously disagree with some
of Alezz's posts, but stupid social media should not ruin.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
A kid's life.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
This is one of the very capable people the president
speaks of. I guess. Democratic Congressman Roe Kenna, who is
of Indian descent, asked Vance if he would seek an
apology from ales you discussed me, Vance wrote to the
lawmaker in response, so disgusted by that, but not by
the initial social media post. Meantime, another in the Musk
team is a nineteen year old called Edward Corristine, who
(02:49):
has a background as a computer hacker and called himself
online big balls. Yeah. Also, President Trump has signed now
an executive order to stop all aids to South Africa
as punish for what the Trump team says were rights
violations by South African government against some of its white citizens.
Trump is offering white Africana's resettlement in the United States.
(03:10):
One of their groups has declined that offer because Elon
Musk was born in South Africa and Peter Teal, the
tech bro who pushed JD. Vans into the political spotlight,
also lived in South Africa for a time, so Silicon
Valley types who grew up with the experience of South
African Aparthe eight and the move to shift to a
post Aparthe eight regime, all of.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
That on hold for now. Sunday Super Bowl Buffalo Wings
see we go.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, always huge, and this time they're suggesting it could
be the biggest rating television event here. Ever, pretty likely.
It usually gets bigger and bigger year by year. Should
be a great game. The team rivals, the Kansas City
Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, are thought by the experts
to be roughly on par, with the Eagles having perhaps
the strongest overall lineup, but the Chiefs, looking to their
quarterback Patrick Mahomes more dat thing. I just want to
(03:57):
maximize the opportunity in that I have here, and that's
leaving everything I have in the football field and just
let it rely on my teammates to go out and
handle the rest.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Well.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
The Chiefs are happy to make history. We're the first
three peet in Super Bowl stats. The Eagles QB Jalen
Hurst also has his site set on the Lombardi Trophy
and a number of Super Bowl rings. Just winning it man,
just going all the way and have an opportunity to
win it with their brothers.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Is always fine.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones says, everyone is feeling the excitement.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
This is crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Three times back, This is crazy. I can't make it up.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Security, well it's always the theme this year. Just massive,
including hundreds of National Guards, the FBI, the Secret Service.
Since Trump is attending as the first US president to
do so, homeland security is along. We're talking just hordes
of security people, especially after the New Year's Day vehicle
attack on Bourbon Street where what fifteen people were killed
and fifty seven others were injured. Meantime, if the Chiefs win,
(04:54):
does this make my homes the new playoff goat greatest
of all time? Take that, Tom Brady, many would yes,
you know I always bury for underdogs, but a Kansas
city also it would be.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Something indeed enjoy kick off at about lunchtime, usee on
time of course. By the way, just quickly on Tariff front,
Kelvin kleinb Tommy hillfigure they've been attacked by the Chinese
under a company called PBH. They slapped ten percent tariffs
on them and they seem to be out of nowhere.
The Chinese have decided to have a crack at them
and as a result of the executive order the other
(05:25):
day when we left you on Friday. But transgender athletes,
the NC double A, which is the Collegiate Athletic Association,
they've updated their student athlete policy as a result of that,
and transgender women will not be competing in women's sports
from here on in.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
For more from The Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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