Elon Musk and Democratic leader Tim Walz had a massive face-off on X which ended in Musk dismissing Walz– effectively saying that nobody remembers him. “The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school. Trump should stop him,” Kamala Harris’ vice presidential candidate Walz wrote criticizing Elon Musk and his DOGE‘s interference in administrative matters against which several Democratic leaders have spoken out expressing concern.
“What’s your name again? I forgot,” Elon Musk replied directly to Walz.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency got access to the federal payments system and is now scanning each department to identify wastage. On DOGE’s advice, all federal employees have been sent an email asking them to resign by February 6 under a deferred resignation program in which they will get all benefits through September if they resign now, or else they will have to work from office.
DOGE team had a stand-off with the United States Agency for International Development regarding some access following which Elon Musk announced that USAID would be shut down as President Donald Trump too agreed on this. As USAID’s future hangs in a balance, DOGE is now studying other departments and the next to come under the axe is the department of education — which Tim Walz referred to in his angry post.
Donald Trump reacted to Elon Musk’s interference in the administration and said Elon can’t do anything without the approval of the administration. Trump asserted that if there is any conflict of interest, Elon Musk would not be allowed to go near that subject. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Elon Musk has been abiding by all laws in his new role at DOGE.
New poll claims Republican support for Elon Musk fell significantly
A new poll by the Economist/YouGov revealed that the Republican support for Elon Musk’s upending of US government system has been shaken. The number of Republicans who want Musk and his DOGE to have a “lot” of influence in the Trump administration has fallen significantly to 26 per cent while the figure was 47 in November immediately after Trump’s election win.
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