Elon Musk, in a rapid and unprecedented move, has taken control of two major US government agencies, the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as part of President Trump's initiative to reduce government size. Musk's actions, overseen by a newly formed entity called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have raised concerns among government workers and the public. Musk's team has been deploying current and former employees from his companies to execute Trump's cost-cutting agenda, leading to a wave of protests and uncertainty within the federal workforce.
Elon Musk ’s rapid takeover of two U.S. government agencies has enabled the South African-born billionaire to exert unprecedented control over America’s 2.2-million-member federal work force and begin a dramatic reshaping of government., Musk, 53, has in two weeks created a new centre of power in Washington as he executes Trump ’s cost-cutting initiative to reduce the size of the U.S. government.has acted swiftly since Trump ’s Jan.
Americans are witnessing “an extraordinary centralization of power in someone who lacks a top-level security clearance and has not been subject to any Senate confirmation process,” said Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.Opinion: Elon Musk’s Starlink: A lifeboat for rural Canada or a dangerous trojan horse?
Trump has put Musk in charge of what both men call the Department of Government Efficiency. Despite its name, it is not a department, Musk does not draw a government salary, and DOGE’s creation immediately drew lawsuits from government unions, watchdogs and public interest groups. At least four current and former Musk aides are part of a team that has taken over OPM, shutting out some senior managers from their own computer systems, sources told Reuters. Musk visited the GSA last Thursday, an official said, while members of his team moved into the agency.
“Those of us who have worked at Elon’s companies can see his fingerprints all over what’s happening inside the federal government right now,” said Thomas Moline, a former SpaceX senior avionics engineer. “It’s a very seat-of-the-pants affair with Elon’s loyalists scrambling to execute his every whim and desire as fast as possible.”
Musk’s critics, including Democratic lawmakers, have accused him of a hostile takeover of government. Federal worker unions sued to block Musk’s access to sensitive computer systems.
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