Economy

“Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk’s authority amid backlash to DOGE cuts”

“President Donald Trump said he told his Cabinet secretaries during a meeting Thursday that staffing decisions will be left up to them, not Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency… “If they can cut, it’s better. If they don’t cut, then Elon will do the cutting,” Trump said…”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/07/trump-puts-new-limits-on-elon-musks-authority-amid-backlash-to-doge-cuts.html

See the bold? They put this part at the bottom of the article thus burying the lead. There is no infighting between Trump and Elon. What this does is effectively cut down on all the criticisms of Elon and D.O.D.G.E. Elon was never calling the shots, Trump was.


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