USA Musk pushes ahead with redundancies in US authorities
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is continuing his radical layoff policy in US government agencies. In line with US President Donald Trump's instructions, all federal employees will soon receive an email, he wrote on his X platform. In it, they will be asked to explain what they have done in the past week. "Failure to respond will be considered a resignation", he threatened.
23.02.2025, 00:17
SDA
In the USA, President Trump has tasked Musk with reducing government spending. A committee called Doge (Department of Government Efficiency), which is attached to the White House, has been formed for this purpose. Musk is driving forward the restructuring of the state apparatus in Trump's name - including mass redundancies.
Meanwhile, Trump said at a conference of US right-wingers near the US capital Washington: "We are firing all unnecessary, incompetent and corrupt bureaucrats from the federal workforce. That's what we're doing." He wanted to keep "the best people", not the "worst", he continued.
