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2025-09-13 20:04:24
U.S. Commerce Secretary Criticizes Musk's Work at the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE): The Sequence is Wrong] U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick criticized Musk's work leading the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) on Friday, saying the billionaire favored firing federal employees over reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, undermining the department's mission. Lutnick noted in the interview that Musk applied his Twitter (later renamed X) approach to the federal government, resulting in significant job cuts without achieving substantial savings. "I think Elon was too focused on other people's goals," he said. "The focus should have been on reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, and the personnel work could have been done over time... I think he got the sequence wrong." Lutnick added that the size of government could be reduced by 10% to 15%, but believed such changes should be achieved through careful evaluations of each department by cabinet members, rather than through large-scale layoffs.
