CMV: There are no legitimate arguments to be made that anything DOGE is doing is a coup.

To sum up, every single argument I’ve ever seen boils down to “I don’t like it” or “I don’t understand that the president can do anything he likes with any executive agency.” I’ve also seen “no one elected Elon” but that also shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what the powers of the presidency are. Appointing people to positions in executive agencies is one of the primary functions of the presidency.

I’d have my view changed by any arguments that there’s a coup happening that don’t rely on the above, and aren’t fallacious in some other way.