The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order for drastically reduce the template of the public administration and give more power to the new government efficiency department (Doge) that is under the supervision of Elon Musk. The objective of this department is to cut public spending.
The president has appeared at a press conference in the Oval Office Next to Elon Muskwho carried a cap with the acronym Maga (Make America Great Again) and that was also accompanied by his son X æ A-XII, to which the businessman calls X.
Trump has backed Musk’s role and denounced the Existence of “abuse” and “fraud” in the award of contracts public, as well as “tens of billions of dollars” that were going to be wasteful.
For his part, the businessman has minimized criticism about his role in government and the existence of conflicts of interest. Six of their companies are being investigated or have been subject to regulatory measures by eleven federal agencies. In addition, he has assured that he is being as transparent as possible, although he has no intention of making his financial statements public.
Measures included in the decree
This order instructs federal agencies to collaborate with Doge to reduce personnel and limit hiring in order to reduce the size of the federal government “significantly”.
According to details filtered to media such as Semafor and The Washington Post, agencies must limit hiring only to “essential” positions, prepare to face “Important” template reductions and restrict the replacement of vacancies behind the casualties. Specifically, companies can only hire a new person every four who leaves their position, According to a document to which The Washington Post has had access.
The same document indicates that there will be exceptions in positions related to national security and immigration control. At the moment, as part of your plan to reduce expenses, doge The US agency for international development has dismantled (USAID) and the Office of Financial Protection of the Consumer (CFPB), created after the financial crisis of 2008.
