President Donald Trump On Thursday, he ordered all the secretaries of the cabinet to work with the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) to take a “scalpel” on which workers would remain at their business.
In a post on his social platform of truth, Trump said that a group led by Elon Musk was “an amazing success”.
“And now that we have our own cabinet, I have directed the secretary and leadership to work with Doge on measures of reduction of costs and staff,” he wrote. “While the secretaries find out and understand, people who work for different departments can be very precise in who will stay and who will go. We say” Scalpel “, not” Hatchet “.
Dod tells civil labor force to neglect Elon Musk’s request to report productivity
Elon Musk celebrates a new poll, which she has revealed that most voters agree that there should be a government agency dedicated to efficiency and that Doga helps to achieve major consumption reductions. (Getty Images)
Trump And musk He met with most of the secretary, and Trump called the gathering very “positive”.
“It is very important that we reduce the level to where they should be, but it is also important to keep the best and most productive people,” he said. “We will have these meetings every two weeks until that aspect of this very necessary job is done.”
Doge, like Musk, is under the great supervision of Democrats because of its measures to reduce the costs and attempt to access sensitive data.
Wednesday Elon Musk met with a small group Republicans in the house Where he discussed cost savings in search of finding as many as $ 1 trillion in government waste, people who were familiar with discussion told Fox News Digital.
Under President Donald Trump, Doge, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has inserted billions in what he considers a wasteful government consumption. (Musk: Reuters / Money: East / Trump: Getty)
“Executive Team Is he convinced, they think they can get $ 1 trillion, “said one MP, who was introduced to the Fox News Digital meeting.” Now let’s see, aren’t we? And the thing is that he admitted that we were going to go wrong, but we would correct them very quickly. “
Democrats have accused Trump of giving a man too much power because it focuses on Trump’s promise of making the federal government more effective.
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“Protests will not distract President Trump and Elona Musk to fulfill their promise to establish Doge and make our federal government more effective and responsible for diligent US taxpayers across the country,” said Harrison Fields, a special assistant president and main deputy print, he said on Wednesday.
Fox News Digital, Aubrie Spady and Elizabeth Elkind, contributed to this report.
