The president of United States (USA), Donald Trumpkeep signing Executive orders Not at all exempt from controversy. In the case of Tuesday, the Republican has signed one to “significantly” reducing the staff of the public administration and giving more power to an organism called (Doge), which, precisely, is under supervision of Elon Musk.
The president appeared before the press in the Oval Office of the White House next to Musk, who wore a black cap with the acronym -the Trump campaign slogan, ‘Make America Great Again’-. There, he has come accompanied by Your youngest sonX Æ A-XII, whom the businessman calls X, like the social network of his property, ancient Twitter.
Trump has immediately given the word to Musk, who has made extensive statements by stating that the federal administration has become a “Fourth Rama not elected” and stressed the need to implement “common sense controls” to reduce, among other things, unnecessary expenses.
The businessman minimized criticism about his role in the government and the possible conflicts of interest, since six of his companies are under investigations, complaints or have been subject to regulatory measures by eleven federal agencies, on which he is now acting for Cut out staff. Musk assured journalists that Try to be as transparent as possiblealthough it does not intend to make their financial statements public. “Transparency is what generates trust,” he said.
For his part, Trump supported Musk’s position, ensuring that there is no problem with his role and denouncing the existence of “fraud” and “abuse” In the award of public contracts, as well as “tens of billions of dollars” that were going to be wasteful. The Executive Order instructs federal agencies to collaborate with Doge to reduce personnel and limit hiring, with the aim of decreasing “significantly” the size of the federal government, as confirmed to the press a White House official.
According to more details filtered to media such as ‘Semafor’ and ‘The Washington Post’, the order urges agencies to limit hiring to “essential” positions, prepare for important template reductions and restrict vacancies After staff casualties. Specifically, under Trump’s new executive order, agencies They can only hire a new employee for every four who leave their postonce the current freezing of federal hiring is finished, according to a White House document shared with ‘The Washington Post’.
The same document indicates that exceptions will be made for positions related to national security and immigration control, allowing hiring in these areas. Doge’s actions, which include the dismantling of some US agenciesthe expulsion of tens of thousands of officials and access to some of the most sensitive payment systems of the federal government, have caused demands and generated chaos.
As part of your offensive to reduce expenses, doge The US agency for international development (USAID) has de facto dismantled (USAID) and the Office of Financial Protection of the Consumer (CFPB), created after the financial crisis of 2008, with the closure of its offices and uncertainty about the future of its employees.
Source: Lasexta
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