President Donald Trump said that he told the cabinet secretaries at a meeting on Thursday that employment decisions would leave them, not Elon Musk And Ministry of Governmental efficiency.
Trump said that he ordered the members of the Council of Ministers to work along with DZD in spending discounts and workforce, with clarification that final job discounts will be at the discretion of the leaders of the department.
“We held a meeting with most of the trustees, Elon, and others, and that was very positive,” Trump He said On the social truth. “It is extremely important to cut levels to where they should be, but it is also important to maintain the best and most productive people.”
“When the trustees learn, and they understand the people who work in various departments, they can be very accurate regarding who will remain and who will go. We say” scalpel “instead of” hatred “,” Trump added.
The comprehensive discounts made by Dog led to Judicial casesfor Voter and Increased fears From Republicans in Congress.
Trump’s message was also a rare public reduction in the Musk Authority while he was moving to help reshape the federal government, and sometimes he steps the fingers of the cabinet secretaries.
Many members of the Council of Ministers in Trump I felt the form when I recently ordered musk Federal employees to clarify their work or face the termination, with many agencies and departments initially from this effort.
Meanwhile, Trump also praised Musk and Douj after Thursday’s meeting.
“I think they have done a great job,” he told reporters.
Musk called a “very productive” meeting in a mail On x. It was the second time that the Cabinet meeting was attended by Trump; he DomainsMr. Dr The first gathering Last month, when Dog described the “support function” to help federal agencies “find a 15 % reduction in fraud and waste.”
Trump told correspondents at the Oval Office on Thursday that his guidance to the cabinet members is: “Keep all the people you want, and all the people you need.”
But he also indicated that Musk will intervene if the department heads are not sufficient cuts.
“If they can cut, this is better. If they do not cut it, Illon will do the cut,” Trump said.
Trump and Musk sought to reduce the size of the federal workforce significantly, and to shoot Thousands of employees And move to Burning agencies of all agencies.
the Speed and intensity Among the discounts, this led to the cavity of some members of the Republican Congress and sparked calls for more transparency in the work of Doj, especially after some legislators faced Fierce reaction One of the people in the city halls in their areas.
Musk met with Republicans of the Senate for approximately two hours behind closed doors on Wednesday to address their concerns about the reaction of potential voters to the discounts.
Senator Rick Scott, R and Flores, organized a lunch meeting after many Republican Senate members Fears of the Chief of Staff at the White House raised Suzy Wales Last month, about the lack of knowledge of Dog.
Musk also met with Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, and later reported that he talked about “an opportunity to improve expenses in the government.”
