A national official responded to the questions about the role of the billionaire. “He is an employee,” he said.
The White House clarified on Tuesday that the billionaire Elon Musk does not officially direct the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) It works as the president’s special advisor Donald Trump. Some 14 states filed a lawsuit for the role of the businessman.
Joshua Fisher, head of the US presidential headquarters office, denied Monday that the owner of Tesla, “X” and Spacex who directs the area created to reduce bureaucratic obstacles and improve the functioning of the State. “He is a White House employee,” he said.
In a document, Fisher said Musk is a “special employee of the government, not a career official”. And he remarked that his role is that of a “main advisor of the president” Trump.
“Like other high -ranking advisors of the White House, Musk has no real or formal authority to make decisions Government by itself. Musk can only advise the president and communicate his directives, ”he said Tuesday, in the midst of criticism for his double role as an entrepreneur and official.
The US government clarified the role that Elon Musk occupies in the White House
“The Doge service is a part of the president’s executive office. The temporal organization of the United States Doge service is within the United States Doge service. Both are independent of the White House office, ”said the official.
“Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House office. He is not an employee of the United States Doge service nor of the temporal organization of the United States Doge service. The Lord Musk is not the temporary administrator”He added.
The official clarification of the White House Through Fisher he arrives after the complaint filed on February 13 by 14 states against Musk, Trump and Doge considering that the billionaire exerts a role that exceeds its official functions.
President Trump and billionaire Tech provided an interview with the Fox News chain that will be broadcast at the US night. According to reports from the report, the president ironized about Musk’s role: “Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk. President Musk will attend a meeting of his cabinet tonight at 8:00 p.m. I say it is a big chain, they are very bad. ”
Source: Ambito
