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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Mar 17, 2025, 01:57 PM Mar 17

"I work for the president. I need to do what the president tells me to do," Dudek said ... [View all]

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“I work for the president. I need to do what the president tells me to do,” Dudek said, according to the recording obtained by ProPublica. “I’ve had to make some tough choices, choices I didn’t agree with, but the president wanted it and I did it.”

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump
In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”
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March 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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