The fundamental tenant of U.S. democracy is that if citizens don’t like what government office holders are doing they can remove then in an upcoming election by voting them out. It means that executive orders, laws passed by Congress, and even Supreme Court decisions, can all be reversed, so long as there are legitimate elections. Don’t think for one minute that neither Trump nor Musk know about this risk, they appear to not fear their work being undone perhaps because they know something we refuse to face.