In joint interview, Trump outlines Musk's role as enforcer-in-chief:

"The question is preposterous."— Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, regarding the return of Kilmar Ábrego García to the US.

"Trump and Musk want to take that away."— Senator Elizabeth Warren, a proponent of building out Direct File, stated this in response to the elimination of the program.

"Millions of Americans understand that what is happening to him is a threat to their own constitutional rights."— Senator Chris Van Hollen discussing the implications of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case for constitutional rights.

"The executive order specifically targets lawyers because of the clients that they represented."— Judge Loren AliKhan expressed during a hearing about the unconstitutional nature of the order.

I’m excited to announce that we can anticipate savings in [fiscal year 2026] from reduction of waste and fraud by $150 billion.— Elon Musk, during a Cabinet meeting where he presented his savings forecasts for the federal government.

"That intrusion causes an objectively reasonable unease."— Alethea Anne Swift, an attorney with the legal services group Democracy Forward, which is behind the lawsuit.

"Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false."— Elon Musk, referring to one of Peter Navarro's television interviews.

The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.— U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg, who found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating his orders regarding deportees.

Burning coal could never be technically considered clean regardless of the treatment applied to it before combustion – it will always emit the largest concentration of greenhouse gases of any fossil fuel.— Michelle Solomon, senior policy analyst at Energy Innovation, explained the environmental and health impacts of burning coal.

If President Trump’s Executive Orders are allowed to stand, future presidents will face no constraint when they seek to retaliate against a different set of perceived foes.— Lawyers from Munger, Tolles & Olson, who are representing Susman Godfrey, said in the filing.

"This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it is about states rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will."— Maine Governor Janet Mills commented on the lawsuit, criticizing the Trump administration.

The Court simply holds that under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere — it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints.— U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who issued the ruling lifting restrictions on the Associated Press.

The government’s conduct in this litigation poses an extraordinary threat to the rule of law.— Justice Sonia Sotomayor stated in her dissent that the government's actions pose a threat to the rule of law.