Trump signs with Musk a decree to facilitate the purge of federal agencies
More cuts. More assault on the US administration. This is what the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has signed on Tuesday, next to his right hand, Elon Musk, in the Oval Office next to one of the children of the owner of X and Tesla.
Elon Musk has answered the questions of journalists while Trump signed a decree to accelerate the work of the billionaire in his campaign to dismantle federal agencies. Musk, which is not an elected office, but a government advisor, has attacked officials saying that they are a “fourth unleashed branch.” The image of the owner of X and Spacex in the heart of the White House is the synthesis of how the assault on the American democratic system is being orchestrated.
The White House had not yet published at the last minute of the night in Spain the executive order signed by the President, but according to reuters government sources, Trump is expected to order federal agencies coordinating with Musk in the task of dismantling the administrative structures.
Musk, who wore the black cap with the Maga motto, has insisted that federal workers must pay account and that the deficit must be addressed. Next to him, Trump has asked him to his right hand to explain to journalists some of the “crazy” figures that the Doge working group (government efficiency department, in its acronym in English) has found during his incursions in the different departments.
The owner of X has affirmed, without evidence, that some people are “enriching at the expense of taxpayers.”
The US president's advisor has insisted on the legitimacy of Doge's actions, many of which go against current legality. “The people voted in favor of an important government reform and that is what the people are going to have,” said Musk, who insisted: “That's what democracy is about.”
In recent days, Doge collaborators (known as Muskovitas) They have extended throughout the Administration: within the Department of Treasury, Education, the Usaid International Cooperation Agency and the agencies that supervise the health programs of Medicare and Medicaid.
In the treasure, the Muskovitas They managed to access the payment system, which includes sensitive information such as the social security number of thousands of Americans.
Recently, two federal judges blocked Musk's access to treasure payment systems. In the most recent case, Manhattan's federal judge not only denied access to the leader of the Doge, but also to all his workers. In addition, the magistrate ordered the group to “immediately destroy each and every one of the copies of material discharged from the records and systems of the Treasury Department.”
Musk's reaction to the judge's order was swift and on Sunday he published in X: “A corrupt judge protecting corruption! You need to be dismissed now! ”
Likewise, Trump joined the criticism and told journalists aboard the Air Force One, heading to the Super Bowl on Sunday, which was “very disappointed” with the judge's decision, but that “we still have a long way for travel”.
