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Trump Travel Ban Returns Not With a Bang But a Whimper
The second Trump administration has introduced unprecedented policies, including a new travel ban reflecting lessons learned from past legal challenges.
Musk expressed frustration in some exit interviews. "The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized... it sure is an uphill battle trying to improve things in D.C., to say the least."