Trump says he'll fire anyone who doesn't like Ilon Musk

US President Donald Trump said that he would "throw out" from work anyone who is dissatisfied with the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Ilon Musk. The words of the head of state quotes SNN.

Is anyone dissatisfied with Ilon? If so, we'll throw them out of here," Trump said during a meeting of the Cabinet of the U.S. government, which took place the day before and at which Ilon Musk was present.

As CNN notes, his words "drew applause among the ministers."

Afterwards, Trump said that he could see that his cabinet members "have a lot of respect for Ilon and what he's doing," although some of them "disagree a little bit."

But I will tell you that for the most part, everyone is not just happy, they're thrilled," he added.

Recall that the businessman in the new administration is tasked with reforming the federal government, he is in favour of agency officials publishing weekly reports on their activities. As part of his "mission of control and audit", Musk the day before sent letters to all federal agencies and departments with the requirement to report for work last week. According to CNN, all employees received letters with the short phrase, "What did you do last week?" However, the heads of the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy instructed their employees not to respond to Musk's letter. Trump, on the other hand, called Musk's idea brilliant and said anyone who didn't respond to the mailing was "half fired or fired."