On behalf of President Trump, billionaire Musk will fire thousands of federal employees. After massive criticism, Trump now emphasizes that it is important that the best and most productive – and that the ministers have the last word.
The billionaire Elon Musk fires thousands of officials in the United States as the head of a savings body, now President Donald Trump warns him to act carefully. He reacted to the louder criticism of the prank course.
“We say scalpel instead of ax,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. He praised Musks Gremium Doge (Department of Government Efficiency) as a “incredible success”. Reasons are necessary. However, precision is important to keep the best and most productive employees.
Massive criticism of layoffs – complaints pending
It is the first time that Trump publicly sets limits for the Tech Multimilliarch and its government department for state efficiency in massive cost and personnel loss in the state apparatus. Dozens of complaints are now pending against the cuts in the dishes. Polls show that a majority of US citizens reject the desired massive cuts in the federal authorities.
With his criticism, Trump went even further behind closed doors. He confirmed media reports that he had underlined the role of the ministers in personnel staffing and politics in their authorities at a cabinet meeting. You and not Musk would have the decision -making power. The tech billionaire would only play an advisory role. According to the news magazine politico, Musk was present in the room at Trump's announcement and declared that he agreed.
The meeting was called after the heads of authorities had complained about Doge's robust procedure for top officials of the White House. The office for legislative matters of the White House has been flooded with calls from frustrated Republican congress members from all over the country in the past few days, some of which have felt the anger of their voters at home.
“If you don't do a good job, you should be released”
At a subsequent press conference, Trump said that he wished that the ministers and heads of the authorities looked closely at who they need and who not. “I don't want big cuts where a lot of good people are released. I want the cabinet members to keep the good people. And the people who do not do a good job who are unreliable do not appear to work and so on, these people can be released.”
The ministers and Elon would watch people, and if the heads of the authorities could shorten, it was good. “And if they don't shorten, then Elon will shorten.”
