This seems like it’s belaboring the obvious, but to the legacy media, it’s probably a big shock to learn that Elon Musk, as a “special government employee,” actually has no authority to fire federal employees. He can only evaluate the government’s payroll and make recommendations.
On Thursday, President Trump even went so far as to assemble his cabinet and make it very plain: You’re in charge of your departments.
According to two administration officials, Trump told top members of his administration that Musk was empowered to make recommendations to the departments but not to issue unilateral decisions on staffing and policy. Musk was also in the room.
The meeting followed a series of mass firings and threats to government workers from the billionaire Tesla founder, who helms the Department of Government Efficiency, that created broad uncertainty across the…
