Trump claimed Monday that any agencies saying not to respond to the email were doing it "in a friendly manner."
Trump is now convening with his Cabinet for the first time in his second term. Seated next to Trump are Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In the r
The Pentagon is in the cost-cutting crosshairs of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders officials to find $50 billion in cuts to the defense budget.
The scene was familiar to anyone who has watched past presidential Cabinet meetings. Trump sat at the center of the table, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his right and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on his left.
The president on Tuesday is holding his first Cabinet meeting, where Elon Musk will also be in attendance. Trump is now convening with his Cabinet for the first time in his second term. Seated next to Trump are Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth verified that staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are working in the Pentagon to uncover waste, fraud and abuse in the government’s largest discretionary budget.
Members of DOGE are expected at the Defense Department as soon as Friday, WSJ said, citing defense officials. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said that he had already been in touch with Musk and expressed confidence in the effort to find billions in cost-cutting and to make the Pentagon more efficient.
The Department of Defense is among several U.S. federal agencies pushing back against the email, which was sent out Saturday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed the Department of Government Efficiency to the Pentagon, where Elon Musk will face an accounting system that has never passed an audit and decades of ...
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