Analysts blame Musk for the fall in sales
Elon Musk has said that his Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone roughly in half after his involvement in US President Donald Trump’s administration. “Working for White House was a very expensive job and my Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone roughly in half,” he added.
Why wasn’t the Pentagon briefed by Musk on China war plans?
Elon Musk met the US Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday as part of his visit to the Pentagon, where he met Defence Secretary Sonny Perdue. Musk is the first person to visit the Pentagon since ex-US Secretary of State John Kerry in 2015. The joint chiefs are the military’s top leaders, including Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.
These are the 10 operatives inside the Social Security Administration
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s hacker group Doge has gained access to the US government’s Human Resource Department, the WIRED reported. As per reports, some of Musk’s operatives showed up at agencies like Palantir, Palantir’s Co-founder Peter Thiel’s firm Palantir Defence and the Social Security Administration. Doge was founded by Musk in June 2018 to hack US government systems.
Trump buys a car with Musk at the White House
US President Donald Trump has said he’ll buy Tesla CEO Elon Musk a new car. “I am going to buy one for him (Musk) as a show of confidence and support. He is a very special person,” Trump said while adding that he would keep the car at the White House for staffers to use. Earlier, Trump had said he would buy Musk a new car.
The workings of DOGE were defended by Trump and Musk in the Oval Office
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to reduce the size of the federal workforce and called on agencies to “promptly undertake preparations” to initiate large-scale reductions in force. The executive order is aimed at reducing government spending and making government more accountable. The order was signed hours after Trump appeared with Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the White House.
There is no going back
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, “I hate an agency because of unreported reasons and it’s not a good way to reduce inflation.” He added that the only way to reduce inflation is to cut government spending. He further said that his allies had spent the weekend “feeding USAID into the wood”, referring to the US Agency for International Development.
There is no going back
Elon Musk, in a series of tweets, has criticised the US government for not complying with his demands to pay NASA and SpaceX. He also said that he and his allies had spent the weekend “feeding USAID into the wood”. This comes after a US judge ruled against Musk’s request to revoke a contract with United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Government Signature Emails are being removed from the list of swear words
Several senior executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX were granted access to US government computers controlled by the General Services Administration (GSA), reports said. They were given access to key computer systems controlled by the GSA. The report further said that officials at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) were not given enough time to conduct a privacy assessment before installing the server.
The young, inexperienced engineers aided Musk in his Government takeover
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken over the management of the General Services Administration (GSA), the US government’s payment system, according to reports. Musk has also gained access to the Treasury Department’s payment system, potentially allowing him access to sensitive information about tens of millions of citizens, businesses, and more. Earlier, DOGE personnel had tried to access classified information at USAID.
Tech workers are forced to defend their work
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE), which was appointed by US President Donald Trump, wants to use White House security credentials to gain unusual access to GSA technology and other things, WIRED reported. “Granting DOGE staff…un unfettered access to internal government systems and sensitive data poses a huge security risk to the federal government and to the American public,” a Biden official said.