More than 20 Musk staffers resign over Doge’s ‘dismantling of public services’

Trump administration employees refuse to help billionaire slash size of federal government through mass firings

More than 20 civil service employees resigned on Tuesday from Elon Musk's so-called department of government efficiency" (Doge), saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services".

We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the constitution across presidential administrations," the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Associated Press. However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments."