Elon Musk's fortune relies on taxpayer-funded government contracts, from NASA to the Department of Defense. Can he or ally Vivek Ramaswamy truly tackle waste in the very deals enriching him? Their talk of cutting spending seems hollow when tied to federal priorities sustaining their wealth.

Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.