“Nobody knows if he is fired”: Chaos at Musks Disladuation series

With an iron broom the billionaire bend Elon Musk and his team on the order of US President Donald Trump through the state apparatus: Tens of thousands of employees have to clear their desks overnight. Trump wants to save tax money – but also get rid of illoyal civil servants.

For US media, more and more affected people with partly bizarre descriptions are now reporting, such as the exemptions and what effects they can have.

Fired – and brought back the day after

At the same time, a wave of lawsuits rolls for dishes. In a particularly eye -catching case, according to one CNN-Reporting around 300 employees of the US atomic security authority NNSA Thursday night. On Friday, however, the layoffs had already started to undo. Referring to anonymous sources, it was said that those responsible for the exemptions probably did not know what tasks the fired employees had.

The NNSA belongs to the Ministry of Energy and monitors the stock of thousands of nuclear weapons. It is responsible for maintenance and for the safety of the explosive heads and also supervises the construction of new nuclear weapons. According to a report by public broadcasting NPR If the NNSA is also involved in preventing terrorists and villain states from obtaining gunpable plutonium or uranium.

Musk’s guys, according to Trump’s description “Enjoyment in Unterhemden”, proceed rigoros: the terminations come without deadlines, on Friday afternoon alone there were loud Washington Post Fired 388 people in the environmental authority. A single parent told how her termination fluttered in in the evening at 10:30 p.m. by email. A woman from the Ministry of Housing told how she went to the toilet on Friday – when she came back to the desk, her entrances were deleted.

Devastating consequences

Musk’s procedure led to a closure of large areas of the development aid authority USAID – with already devastating effects for needy people in developing countries. From the hunger aid in Africa to the reconstruction of Ukraine, due to the De-Facto way of the largest donor country in the international community, money, personnel and know-how are suddenly missing. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the United States also had to delete 50 jobs because state subsidies fail to New York Times reported.

Just a few days ago there was a directive from the White House, according to which all employees with time contracts and trial period were to be released. This could affect up to 200,000 people, how many of them are actually fired, is currently not clear.

Golden handshake for 75,000

A calculation of the Washington Post According to this measure alone, 14,000 employees could have fallen victim to this measure. According to the White House, the number of 75,000 civil servants who voluntarily give up their jobs in the course of a buy -out program and take a severance payment with them are only secured.

The reports also give a look at the apparent chaos that are currently available in the US authorities. Announced letter of termination came NPR According to some. “Nobody knows whether he is fired or not,” the broadcaster quoted an anonymous NNSA employee. On Friday, the layoffs were suspended, among other things, due to the chaos created.

From the Ministry to the Ranger

The spectrum of layoffs includes spectacular and less spectacular cases. According to the Washington Post about hundreds of people from an authority of the Ministry of Energy were released that process electricity invoices.

The Ministry of Finance should go 9,000 people who collect taxes. And in the mountain state Wyoming If a man has been fired who has been looking for years that hikers and mountaineers do not break into the wilderness without suitable equipment.

Why does Trump do all of this? General places come from the White House. “The president made it clear that he wants to redeem the promise to make our government more efficient and productive for the American people,” said spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.

Trump had once started with the credo “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs”, but also with the promise to reduce public administration. However, critics doubt that the whole thing is financially worthwhile. Saving the staff by a quarter would only reduce the entire public expenditure by one percent, calculated the Washington Post.

Wave of action rolls

It is unclear whether the measures can withstand dishes. Labor law, civil rights, administrative law, data protection – all of this could be touched. In at least twelve cases, judges Trump partially and temporarily put a stop.

Final decisions are pending; according to legal experts, some of the now dozens of procedures will end up in front of the Supreme Court, the highest US court. And in his first term – thanks for him, fortunately, Trump was able to occupy with judges, on the judgment of which he believes he believes. At least with part of his projects – apparently the calculation – he will get through.