What Happened Today – Feb 11

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Welcome to the new reality. Unelected Elon Musk is now taking questions from the Oval Office and slashing the federal workforce while Trump continues his quest to take over Gaza while meeting with the King of Jordan.

Trump met with the King of Jordan at the White House. Trump bluntly announced the US would take control of Gaza by its own authority.
Trump met with the King of Jordan at the White House and said that the US would take control of Gaza
Foreign RelationsWar
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jordan-trump-gaza-meeting-rcna191656
Trump said that there was a possibility that Ukraine could be Russian in the future
Foreign RelationsWar
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-may-russian-someday-trump-warns-zelensky-2029205
Trump signed an order creating a DOGE lead at every agency and directing all agencies to cooperate with Musk
Oversight
https://fedscoop.com/trump-order-agency-hiring-doge-leads-personnel/
Trump directed that federal employees could only be replaced at the rate of 1 for every 4 who leave
Federal PersonnelOversight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-agencies-only-hire-one-043602725.html
Two ICE leaders reassigned to lower rules over slow pace of immigration arrests
Immigration
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-ice-reassignments-trump-homan-37e115252bcbb5b60b1b81fedea0d002
The USAID Inspector General was fired one day after releasing a report saying that admin actions made waste and millions in fraud more likely
Federal PersonnelOversight
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/trump-tariffs-musk-dei-gabbard-vote-live-updates-rcna191571
An AP Reporter was barred from a press conference because the agency uses the phrase “Gulf of Mexico”
CensorshipMedia
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-journalism-first-amendment-8a83d8b506053249598e807f8e91e1ae
Elon Musk fielded reporter questions from behind the Resolute Desk while standing next to a seated Trump
MediaOversight
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293504/trump-musk-doge-oval-office
Apple followed Google in changing their maps to read Gulf of America
Oversight
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/apple-gulf-mexico-gulf-america-based-trumps-order-118717812
Republican Buddy Carter of GA introduced a bill authorizing Trump to acquire Greenland and rename it Red White & Blueland
Foreign Relations
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/11/buddy-carter-greenland/78422602007/