Democrats are relying on judges in the U.S. legal system to dictate what the executive branch should do, President Donald Trump said.

Trump’s opponents have been using court filings to try to stop executive orders from being implemented. First and foremost, Democrats have been aiming to stop Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from exposing partisan and wasteful spending at federal agencies.

Separate court rulings have prevented DOGE from accessing records at the Treasury Department, blocked the National Institutes of Health’s slashing of billions of dollars in medical research, and paused the deferred resignation program for federal employees.

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