Trump Contradicts Own Administration After Saying Elon Musk Runs DOGE
March 5, 2025
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Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. You can get in touch with Gabe by emailing g.whisnant@newsweek.com. Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant.
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During his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump again said that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is “headed” by billionaire ally Elon Musk.
Trump’s remarks come after the White House said last week that Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of DOGE.
The White House has recently attempted to put some distance between Musk and DOGE after the task force was hit with multiple lawsuits alleging that Musk, as an unelected bureaucrat, ran afoul of federal law by unilaterally shutting down congressionally created agencies and trying to fire tens of thousands of federal workers.
Amid those lawsuits, the White House said in a recent court filing that Musk was not the head of DOGE, despite what Trump and other administration officials said in the weeks prior.
“Like other senior White House advisors, Mr. Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself,” read the filing.
The filing said that Musk was not an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service, or the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization and added: “Mr. Musk is not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.”
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is available.
During his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump again said that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is “headed” by Elon Musk. During his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump again said that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is “headed” by Elon Musk.
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