"The president does not have unilateral authority to shut down an expenditure, or instrumentalities funded by Congress, without the authorization of Congress."

In wide-ranging comments over videocall, Musk said the Trump Administration needs to “delete entire agencies.”

President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to “significantly” reduce the size of the federal workforce,

The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue today: DOGE and Elon Musk in the federal government.

"I think we do need to delete entire agencies, as opposed to leave part of them behind ... It's kind of like leaving a weed," Musk said.

Pages like “Regulations” include the number of words in various agency rules, a meaningless metric that some toddlers may find impressive. And the “Join” tab just clearly wants to harvest your information. The “About” tab redirects to Trump’s executive order which illegally gives Elon Musk oversight over federal agencies he has no authority over.

President Trump has empowered Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to gut the federal bureaucracy. Here's 5 ways he's starting to carry it out.

Elon Musk called for the government to "delete entire agencies" at home and "mind its own business" abroad in a speech via video link to the World Governments Summit in Dubai.

Musk said the action of "deleting" entire agencies is necessary to prevent future administrations from rehiring what he believes are unnecessary roles.