During President Trump's first cabinet meeting, Elon Musk presented aggressive plans to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget. Although these cuts aimed to streamline government operations, they have sparked controversy due to unintended consequences, including vital support reductions in nuclear security, pandemic prevention, and veteran assistance. Musk admitted to overreaching with some cuts, exemplified by the accidental funding removal from Ebola prevention. The administration has already reversed decisions more than a dozen times, but many changes are irreversible, indicating a rapid transformation of federal operations.
The many reversals, to be clear, do little to undercut the extent to which the administration is making good on Trump's goal of remaking much of the federal government.
Musk acknowledged that the teams he's sent into agencies had sometimes gone too far, recalling how funding to prevent deadly Ebola outbreaks was accidentally cut off.
Thousands of federal workers at the Internal Revenue Service and the Defense, Energy and Veterans Affairs Departments have been fired, prompting officials to backtrack.
Less than six weeks into Trump's presidency, the administration has already reversed itself more than a dozen times in high-profile decisions.
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