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If you’re cutting a program, that increases the potential for something to go wrong — you’re going to own it,
said one GOP strategist who has worked on presidential, Senate and House campaigns
This frankly isn’t about politics, ... It is a chaotic circumstance coming out of this White House and this administration, and it is deeply, deeply damaging to real people and real jobs and real families.”
Spanberger said in a recent interview with NBC News, later addingIt’s almost like he’s still in campaign mode rather than realizing he’s head of a large agency and workforce,
the HHS official said
Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that.”
Asked by a reporter if he stands by his earlier comments calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator,” Trump respondedAs we strip down our reservist support and probationary individuals, you’re going to see a decrease in support to disaster areas, especially when it comes into hurricane season,
the FEMA employee said
Those lines of effort can be severed or slowed if you don’t have the right people in place, or if you’re reducing your force, you just won’t have that level of coordination anymore,
the source saidIn addition, I remind you that it remains FEMA policy that disclosure of confidential, deliberative, pre-decisional agency information, or making statements that could significantly harm FEMA’s mission delivery, is prohibited,
the memo, obtained by HuffPost, says in partIt’s clear that they don’t understand what each agency does or why they do it,
the employee saidIn the military, you’re serving something larger than yourself,
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If the media spent the same amount of time uncovering waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal government as they do writing fake stories trying to drive a wedge between Elon Musk and President Trump, maybe the American people would actually respect them,
Leavitt said
And let me be very clear, the president and Elon and his entire cabinet are working as one unified team,
Leavitt saidIt's somewhat voluntary. But it's also, if you don't answer, I guess you get fired.”
When asked on Tuesday about the email instructing federal workers to list their accomplishments, Trump saidBut they’re all taking their cues from Trump,
the Republican consultant saidIt’s actually something that Trump is pretty deft at, trying to push blame for a problem over on someone else,
said HabermanI don’t think Musk is necessarily going to be there all four years,
she saidAn organization’s reputational integrity is its greatest currency. When you compromise that, you have lost the loyalty and trust of your employees,
Wahler said
Elon Musk’s philosophy and approach to employees and their work is diametrically opposed to every organization I work with in the public and private sectors,
Wahler saidSome of the things I say will be incorrect and should be corrected. So nobody’s going to bat a thousand … We will make mistakes, but we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes,
he saidYou might be tempted to confuse speed with efficiency. Or to confuse fairness with across-the-board cuts,
Carucci saidYou know where the opportunities for reductions are. You don’t just go slicing through.”
By doing an extensive diagnostic of your enterprise beforehand, Carucci added