The president has already been asked and answered this question this week. He said that if Elon Musk encounters a conflict of interest over the contracts and backing he oversees DOGE, Elon would resign from these contracts. – said Leavitt.
Special government employee
As Forbes magazine reminds, Musk will service as an unpaid a peculiar government employee under president Donald Trump, with less restrictions than incumbent officials.
A peculiar government worker is any individual working or expecting to work for the national government for up to 130 days, in accordance with the Department of Justice's guidelines. This function is subject to most of the rules and guidelines applicable to full-time staff. As this temporary function is "less restrictive", it includes less restrictions on conflicts of interest explains the magazine.
It is not known whether Musk, whose SpaceX has government contracts worth billions of dollars, violates national ethical norms. The U.S. Agency for global Development, which he criticised and called for liquidation, has 2 active contracts with its company Starlink, although the funds from these contracts have already been used.
Early in the week, Trump stated that Musk had only the right to Getting free of people he thinks are wrong, and removal of specified groups and numbers. Elon cannot and will not do anything without our consent. said the president of the United States.
What is DOGE?
The creation of the State Performance Department was already discussed during the election campaign. Trump then announced that Elon Musk would lead him. In November, Musk wrote that DOGE would make ranking the most absurd taxation expenditure and assured that his actions would save US government $2 trillion.
According to the White House, the department will operate within the Executive Office of the president for 18 months, but will not receive the power to implement budget cuts or another savings.
The short name of this department – the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – refers to a popular online meme with a shiba inu dog and cryptocurrency of the same name. In the United States, this meme is known as dogeand in Poland as dog.
