US President Donald Trump’s top colleagues are struggling to include disputes in the White House and after the ultimatum to list their achievements for federal workers of billionaire Elon Musk across the administration or lose their jobs, three government officials said three government officials said that three government officials said.
Before the weekend, the White House felt confident that the coordination between senior employees and Kasturi was improving, two of them said. In the first weeks of Trump’s new administration, some officials of the White House expressed concern over the strategy of the government efficiency department of Musk, as the Reuters had previously reported.
The Chief of Staff Susie Wils pulled the Kasturi aside, instead of surprising his team with major decisions, he was asked to loop his plans, about the knowledge of interaction according to two different sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity not to print due to sensitivity of discussions.
After that conversation, Musk began to inform Wils about Dog’s activities on a daily basis, with one of the officials with direct knowledge of the case. The White House believed that it had a compromise of Musk that it would seek approval from the cabinet secretaries before using the government’s Human Resource Agency, Personnel Management office, to send emails directly to federal workers, officials said.
But this plan is quickly separated. Trump on Saturday urged to be “more aggressive” with Dog in a post on his true social site, OPM ordered 2.3 million civil-service workers of the country in an email to expand its achievements at work. Musk, shortly after being posted on his social media site X, emailed that the request was not responded to, it would be seen as an resignation, an ultimatum that sent shockwaves via Washington.
It was only workers and some officials of the Trump administration said that they had become blind. The White House was again caught by the guard, this time on one of the most disruptive and potential resulting tricks of Musk, according to three officials.
Trump and Wils did not sign the email, said three people, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. However, Musk told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that he asked Trump if his team “could send an email to all, just say: ‘What did you do last week?” The President said yes.
Musk and a Dogi representative did not respond to the requests to comment on their communication with the White House before going out of the email.
In response to Reuters’ questions, the White House press secretary Karolin Lewit said in a statement that the source is “wrong” and “the White House was not caught by the guard.” Trump signed Musk’s email idea, and Dogi and OPM gave a head to the White House, he said.
He called the “passion” of the media with Trump, Musk and Dogo “pathetic” and said that the media is still out of contact with American voters. “If the media spent the same time in exposing waste, fraud and misconduct in our federal government, as they write fake stories in an attempt to run a nail between Elon Musk and President Trump, perhaps American people would really respect them,” said Levit.
Productivity email has highlighted the deepest mistake lines to date between Tesla’s CEO and Senior White House employees as Musk and his colleagues began to destroy the programs and cut the workforce. It also suggests an unprecedented degree of autonomy for the world’s richest person, the world’s richest person, as a “special government employee”.
After spending a fourth billion billion dollars to help Trump choose in November, the musk became an important member of the infection, according to about a dozen sources of the infection, walking and advocating in meetings for his favorite pics for cabinet positions.
Trump took over on January 20, Mask has demanded the US government to kill in an operation immersed in secrecy. It is not clear who Dogo Plan, how the group operates and what action is being taken inside the government agencies. In the court of 17 February, in a court filed in a case to prevent Dogi’s US Treasury Department Systems, the White House said that Musk Outfit’s administrator or even a Dogi employees, they describe him as a White House employee and senior advisor to Trump.
But he is clearly Dogi’s driving force, Trump repeatedly said when answers to reporters.
Among the White House employees, frustration Kasturi and her small, insular Dogi are moving towards the team, many of them are software engineers who have worked for Musk’s companies.
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Trump, however, continues to stand with himself publicly and privately, according to two officials, about Trump’s comments, as well as Trump’s own public statements. When asked about the email on Tuesday that federal workers were instructed to list their achievements, Trump said, “It is somewhat voluntary. But this is also, if you don’t respond, I think you think you are removed.”
One of the officials said that when Trump did not signed the email, he likes to “let Eleon be alone”.
Levit said on Tuesday that Musk came with an idea for email, and worked with OPM to implement it. “And I should be very clear, the President and Elon and his entire cabinet are working as an integrated team,” said Levit.
However, signs of pushbacks against mask’s power are increasing.
Some agencies have already asked workers to ignore the email. On Tuesday, Musk gave the federal workers “another chance”, which suggests some cargo, to respond to their ultimatum after the original Monday deadline ends. And the concerned cabinet is calling the head Wils, who has co-detailed Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign about the email, one of the authorities, one of the officials, the officials said.
The Trump administration on Wednesday directed the federal agencies to prepare for a larger scale trimmed. Already, around 100,000 workers have purchased or fired the dog after being sent to Dogi for federal staffing and spending.
Questions about Musk’s role and Dogi are at the center of many cases that prevent them from reaching government systems and cutting programs. Several suits have alleged that Musk and Dogi are violating the constitution, the kind of huge power that comes from agencies created only through the US Congress or comes from appointments with confirmation by the US Senate.
At least two cabinet members have expressed disappointment with the cut of Dogi privately because they are afraid of losing lots of employees and controlling their departments, according to a Republican source, according to a Republican source, according to a Republican source, according to a Republican source. One of those cabinet members complained to the White House personal about Saturday’s ultimatum email, the source said.
With a Republican advisor with relations with the Trump administration, the man said that he had recently spoken to a total of six members of the Congress who had expressed concern about Dogi overreching.
“But they are all taking their signals from Trump,” said the Republican advisor. “Until he throws musk from the rock, he will not do so.”
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