Politico learned about Trump's limitation of Musk's mandate in US personnel matters
US President Donald Trump has limited the mandate of entrepreneur and head of the US Department of Public Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk in personnel matters in federal agencies. This was reported on March 7 by the Politico newspaper, citing sources in the White House administration.
"Trump has told senior members of his administration that Musk is authorized to make recommendations to departments, but not to make unilateral decisions on staffing and policy," two U.S. officials said.
It is noted that the meeting took place after a series of mass dismissals and threats against civil servants from Mask. At the same time, the sources clarified that the businessman was present, among other things, when the American president announced his powers.
According to the new guidelines, the Department of State Efficiency and its staff should play an advisory role, and final decision-making is entrusted to government ministers. It is clarified that Musk agreed with Trump's directive. According to one of the US officials, the entrepreneur admitted that DOGE had made some mistakes.
On the Truth Social network on March 7, Trump called on Musk to use a "scalpel instead of an axe" when optimizing the number of employees of federal agencies. According to him, it is necessary to reduce employees in federal departments, but it is important to retain the best and most effective employees.
Wired magazine reported on February 25 that DOGE engineers are working on software that would help dismiss government employees. According to the newspaper, everything points to a new round of large-scale layoffs of officials. On February 28, Bloomberg reported that the United States was facing a drain of technical personnel from the government due to massive cuts initiated by DOGE.
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