The president of the United States, Donald Trump, summoned a secretaries meeting this Thursday to discuss the role of Elon Musk and their efforts to reduce government spending and their employees. According to local media, it was a meeting with heated discussions.
Musk accused the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, not to fire the sufficient amount of people in his departmentaccording to the New York Times. The Magnant pointed to the secretary with which he went “well on television”, according to the American newspaper, but avoiding any positive allusion about his work as head of diplomacy.
Donald Trump’s difficult position against Elon Musk’s cuts
According to the newspaper, the billionaire also argued with the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, about whether the employees of the Musk office tried to fire more air controllers when there is already a shortage of personnel in the Federal Aviation Administration.
After listening to both parties, according to witnesses, the president pointed out that he supports Doge’s work, but that he will now be his secretaries of the office who will be in charge of those dismissals, while The Musk team will only advise how they should be done.
A state department spokesman told the NYT that For Rubio the meeting was an “open and productive discussion”.
Change of path
The meeting suggests that Trump decided to restrict Musk’s power and Doge to cut government expenses. In his social network account “Truth Social” said he instructed his secretaries to Work with efficiency department in the “necessary measures to reduce costs”.
“As the secretaries know the people who work in each department better, They can say precisely who stays and who leaves“He wrote.” We must use a scalpel, not an ax, “he added.
Only a few weeks ago, Musk used a chainsaw in a political event, a symbol of his efforts to cut the government’s expenditure. This enraged the Democrats and worried some administration officials.
Avoid justice
It is suspected that this Trump action can be a way to prevent its administration from being legally demanded due to the power of the Musk office, who unlike the government secretaries, is not subject to the approval of his position in the Senate.
For months it has been speculated in Washington if the association between Trump and Musk could fracture. On Friday night, Musk was seen addressing the Air Force One with the president for a weekend flight to Trump’s house in Mar-A-Lago in Florida.
While crosses in the cabinet room can be a first crack, Trump still supports Musk’s efforts and objectiveseven though in the next few days he prefers to wear a scalpel and not a chainsaw.
Source: Ambito
