Trump's Cabinet Ready To Take Back Power With Musk Stepping Back, Sources Say

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Source: Huff Post/Reuters

Apr 24, 2025, 12:04 AM EDT


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of Department of Government Efficiency employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk steps back from DOGE, two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The Department of Government Efficiency, created by executive order the day Trump took office and helmed by billionaire Musk, has spearheaded efforts to shrink the federal workforce and slash the deficit via mass firings, contract cancellations and reduced services to Americans across the federal government.

But Musk confirmed plans on Tuesday to reduce his government time commitment to one or two days a week to focus on his battered car company Tesla, raising questions about the future of the agency’s work. As a special government employee, his mandate appeared due to expire at the end of May. The billionaire has provided the White House with political cover while DOGE pursued a cost-cutting drive that has made it deeply unpopular among career staffers.

Cabinet secretaries view DOGE employees as encroaching on their traditional authority to hire and fire, and some have been reluctant to do its bidding. In recent weeks, tensions had escalated within the Trump administration over the authority granted to Musk. During a March cabinet meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Musk, accusing him of undermining USAID and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confronted Musk over proposed layoffs of air traffic controllers amid aviation safety concerns, sources familiar with the situation said.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cabinet-power-elon-musk_n_6809b6bfe4b09e23ad054174

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There's literally little or nothing left for them to do "targeted" anything. It was all gutted while they sat by and watched.

[BootinUp]

1. Locking. Should be in the latest propaganda forum

Heh.

[Ponietz]

3. Yes! "Ready to..." is vapid and meaningless

[BoRaGard]

2. ...after they get in a few more rounds of Gourmet G.O.P. Golffe

What they hell have they been doing for four freaking months as they take our tax dollars ?

[barbtries]

4. less than reassuring.

and how about republicans in congress?

[WinstonSmith4740]

5. My thoughts exactly

I still don't know why the press keeps insisting that it's up to Democrats to fix this mess. Well actually,.we do...MSM is nothing but compromised bastards.