Trump says Cabinet secretaries, not Elon Musk, are in charge of agency cuts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Trump added: "It's very important that we cut levels down to where they should be, but it's also important to keep the best and most productive people."
56% : Trump said he'd told his Cabinet as much in a closed-door meeting with most of his secretaries, which Musk also attended.
56% : In a social media post on Thursday, Trump wrote: "[N]ow that we have my Cabinet in place, I have instructed the Secretaries and Leadership to work with DOGE on Cost Cutting measures and Staffing.
37% : Trump himself added to the confusion when he said in his address to Congress this week that DOGE is "headed" by Musk.
36% : Musk is the public face of the Trump administration's efforts to slash federal spending and staffing through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which despite its name is not an actual federal agency.
35% : I want the Cabinet members to keep the good people, and the people that aren't doing a good job, that are unreliable, don't show up to work, etc., those people can be cut," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
22% : President Trump told his Cabinet members on Thursday that they are in charge of staff reductions, not Elon Musk, amid continuing questions over the billionaire adviser's role in a drastic reshaping of the federal government.

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