Posted on 03/06/2025 11:52:42 AM PST by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You’re in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk.
According to two administration officials, Trump told top members of his administration that Musk was empowered to make recommendations to the departments but not to issue unilateral decisions on staffing and policy. Musk was also in the room.
The meeting followed a series of mass firings and threats to government workers from the billionaire Tesla founder, who helms the Department of Government Efficiency, that created broad uncertainty across the federal government and its workforce.
DOGE’s actions have faced ferocious resistance in court and criticism from Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans.
DOGE’s actions have faced ferocious resistance in court and criticism from Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans.
Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensitive data
The president’s message represents the first significant move to narrow Musk’s mandate. According to Trump’s new guidance, DOGE and its staff should play an advisory role — but Cabinet secretaries should make final decisions on personnel, policy and the pacing of implementation.
Musk joined the conversation and indicated he was on board with Trump’s directive. According to one person familiar with the meeting, Musk acknowledged that DOGE had made some missteps — a message he shared earlier this week with members of Congress.
Trump stressed that he wants to keep good people in government and not to eject capable federal workers en masse. But his administration has in recent weeks fired tens of thousands of federal workers across numerous agencies in a series of blanket terminations. A federal judge and the chair of a federal civil service board have both concluded that the terminations were not tied to performance issues — and may have violated civil service laws.
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That’s actually Trump protecting Musk and enabling him to continue his work.
I think that is the main objective of DOGE right now:
Shame Congress with lists of examples of obscene waste and fraud
Report a blow by blow of embarrassing findings directly to the American people
Do it early so cabinet heads can wash their hands of it.
I hope Trump directs cabinet heads to present to the public their preferred budget plans side-by-side with congressional spending appropriations - to make it clear going forward that any continuation of absurd and obscene misappropriations are NOT being made according to the wishes of the Trump Administration - let the people decide which budget approach they want - DOGE, or business as usual.
There you go.
Congress gets a boot in the ass from Trump from this.
I think the digging into the State Department has a lot to do with it.
Lindsay Graham sure has come around...
I know Bannon had a sh!t fit about Elon’s ties with China a year or so ago. (And rightfully so.) I have a feeling that it has morphed into jealousy, as you say.
Post office is already a inefficient monopoly nothing in the Constitution says it can’t be restructured to be efficient or privatized so long as it still serves the public.
Privatized only if under the federal government’s control, as I read the Constitution. It is highly unionized, so could be challenging to get to even that, I’d think.
Not federal government’s control only under the rules of the sale so they can take it back if needed.
Union hove no options when a company is sold they are out of business there.
But outsourcing?
Troll opinion you say.
I’ve been here since 2002 pal.
Yes no problem
“I’ve assumed all along that Musk only made recommendations, and DOGE didn’t do the deed. Guess I was wrong.”
No, you were wrong that you were wrong.
Despite Musk’s claims (which don’t bother me in the least), DOGE couldn’t and can’t take executive actions like firing people, cancelling contracts, etc. - but those thing can and were done at the direction of the President.
If you believe Politico (or otherwise), I’ve got some prime oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you.
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