"Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, who worked closely with Musk during the Tesla CEO's time as the face of the Department of Government Efficiency, expressed disapproval toward how Musk handled firings at DOGE. In an interview with "The Axios Show"that aired on Friday, Lutnick told show host Mike Allen that Musk approached DOGE in the same way he approached Twitter, now X, where he rapidly cut 80% of staff, and that Musk "thought that example worked for government.""
""I thought Elon got caught up in other people's objectives," Lutnick said. "Right, I mean, the people work at the government fine, the government could be 10% smaller, I'm sure it could be 15% smaller, and let the cabinet secretaries go in, study their place, and make the proper cuts." Lutnick said that the government spending could have been slashed and pointed to a Biden-era program that gave $7.4 billion to a private nonprofit to research semiconductors."
Howard Lutnick criticized Elon Musk's approach to cutting federal employees at DOGE as applying Twitter-style rapid layoffs inappropriate for government. Lutnick recruited Musk to lead DOGE and charged him with finding $1 trillion in cuts. Lutnick said gradual personnel reductions and targeted elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse would be preferable. He cited a Biden-era $7.4 billion grant to a nonprofit for semiconductor research as an example of waste. Lutnick said the government workforce could shrink about 10-15% but recommended cabinet secretaries study their agencies and make measured cuts. Lutnick's view of Musk has shifted since their earlier alliance.
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