Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stated Sunday that tech billionaire Elon Musk “does not have the power to fire people.”
“Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people. The president of the United States is Donald Trump, and the agency heads are the ones who manage each of their departments, so they’ve got the — they’ve got the decision, that’s what Elon Musk has told me time and time again,” Scott stated on CNN’s “State of the Union” to anchor Jake Tapper.
The feedback from Scott observe reported stress between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Musk amid a Cupboard assembly closing week. In line with The New York Occasions, Musk went after the secretary of State for no longer firing a big portion of the personnel on the State Division and stated that he’s handiest “good on TV.”
The Occasions reported that Rubio has been privately “furious” with the tech billionaire for some time, particularly following the Division of Executive Potency (DOGE) taking over an effort to near down the U.S. Company for World Building, which administers billions of bucks in humanitarian, safety and building help in over 100 international locations.
All through the Cupboard assembly closing week, Rubio driven again. He stated that Musk was once no longer talking the reality and requested if over 1,500 State Division staff who went into early retirement must be introduced again so they might handiest be fired to depend for layoffs, in line with The Occasions.
“The president of the United States was elected, alright, by the American people to [basically] rein in government, rein in this waste … bring some accountability … some transparency, some common sense to government, and that’s exactly what Donald Trump is doing,” Scott stated Sunday.
On Saturday, Trump stated on his Fact Social platform, “ELON AND MARCO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.”
“ANY STATEMENT OTHER THAN THAT IS FAKE NEWS!!! DJT,” he added.
