As President Donald Trump Always trying to keep House Republicans consistent in ongoing resolutions to keep the government open in the fall, Elon Musk Has expressed the right government Close, four sources familiar with his position told the Wired.
Sources also told Wired that Musk hopes the administration shuts down this goal, a goal contrary to what the White House calls a desire to avoid a desire – partly because it may make it easier to make it easier Eliminate work Thousands of federal workers essentially achieved permanent closures. Wired granted anonymity sources, especially because they were closely held about Musk’s support for closures, and were specifically asked to describe them.
“Close is his preference,” said a Republican familiar with the situation. “I think he was packed by the president. I think he’s really hard to solve.”
The second Republican, who heard about Musk’s desire for a government shutdown, told Wade that the billionaire’s goal is to continue to solve the tank (CR), even if only to achieve a brief government shutdown.
“You know it’s not all about saving money, right?” said the third Republican, familiar with Musk who was pushing behind the scenes. “It’s all about destroying the liberal base.”
Musk and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Musk called, possible closing cage Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Has cut its own way in the government, eliminating estimated positions Thousands of workers. If a government shutdown occurs, many federal agencies and programs will essentially be placed on the ice. The FBI and other agencies with law enforcement and security functions will continue to function properly to a large extent – although some government workers are not paid until the closure is over, key features such as issuing social security checks will not be directly affected. Each department has one Close the planHowever, most will be affected.
Before closing, federal employees are effectively classified as basic or unnecessary work, unnecessary employee leave and work is not allowed until the closing is over. Under federal agency contingency plan Compilation In the 2023 nonpartisan public service partnership, a pool of workers who will be furloughed when federal closures are narrowly avoided, at the time there were about 850,000 workers and about 410,000 workers outside the Department of Defense.
Federal personnel expenses, including military spending, are about $340 billion a year, so even a non-essential federal worker may save about $110 billion, a fraction of the $1 trillion a year in federal federal spending, Musk claims he wants to eliminate it.
Musk talks about deleting so-called non-essential workers – many are performing critical tasks such as checking food, processing applications for welfare programs, and collecting weather data. “If jobs are not essential, or they do not do well, then they should obviously not be on public salaries.” Musk told reporters According to the New Yorker, in late February.
