After Donald Trump took charge of the US administration, he cut jobs from several government departments and ordered thousands of USAID workers to go on compulsory leave. Meanwhile, top White House adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he oversees, has expanded to "pretty much" every department and is set to grow to about 200 employees, up from the current 100 federal workers in the department.
"We're a little bit over 100 at this point," Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, said in an interview on Fox News with Larry Kudlow on Monday. "We're going to get to 200." When Kudlow asked whether DOGE was present in all federal departments, Musk responded, "Pretty much, yeah."
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Earlier in February this year, the Trump administration laid off several USAID workers from its Washington headquarters and shut down thousands of global aid and development programs. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also laid off over 400 employees.
More than 200 employees were dismissed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 130 workers were cut from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the DHS Science and Technology Directorate saw a reduction of 10 employees.