Elon Musk has a batch of jobs—Tesla CEO, SpaceX CEO, xAI founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of X—to sanction a few. But erstwhile it comes to the richest personification successful the world's role pinch the U.S. government and the recently created via executive bid DOGE, things haven't been arsenic clear—until now.
Musk is considered a "special authorities employee," and is officially serving nether President Donald Trump, White House officials confirmed connected Monday. He's starring the DOGE team, which is identifying and eliminating authorities waste, fraud, and abuse, according to the agency.
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Trump besides confirmed connected Monday that Musk's squad has entree to the Treasury Department's critical costs system, which is what the national authorities uses to nonstop payments.
"Elon can't do and won't do thing without our approval," Trump said. "And we'll springiness him the support wherever appropriate. Where not appropriate, we won't."
CNN reports that Musk is not being paid, according to a root who knows astir his employment, though it's not for illustration he'll request it—he's worthy $433 cardinal arsenic of property time, per Bloomberg.
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, "A typical authorities worker is anyone who works, aliases is expected to work, for the authorities for 130 days aliases little successful a 365-day period" and must beryllium impartial successful performing their duties.
"The standards of behaviour reside matters that do not impact your financial interests but which could bespeak connected your impartiality," the explanation reads.