That he is still a "private citizen" isn't just a rhetorical dig at being a billionaire in a made-up office. It appears to be literally true, he doesn't actually hold even a made-up office. Legally, he is random John Doe walking in off the street, occupying government buildings and barking orders.
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Meaning he hasn't been required to take the oath of office....
Why aren’t ’analysts’ talking about this?
It’s nuts
Ike perlmutter was allowed to basically run the VA for his entire term and faced almost no pushback and no investigations.
Standard way authoritarians work - laws are enforced or ignored on a whim.
Without rule of law, then your wealth makes you both a threat and a target for the paranoid ruler. The guys with the guns have the real power.
The billionaires haven't figured that out yet.
Look at the process of the TRO against Treasury/OMB.