US Vice President JD Vance has acknowledged that Doge chief Elon Musk “made mistakes” firing scores of federal employees in the name of government overspending, highlighting that “there are a lot of good people working for the government.”
In an interview with NBC News, Vance said, “Elon himself has said that sometimes you do something, you make a mistake, and then you undo the mistake. I’m accepting of mistakes.”
“I also think you have to quickly correct those mistakes. But I’m also very aware of the fact that there are a lot of good people who work in the government — a lot of people who are doing a very good job. And we want to try to preserve as much of what works in government as possible, while eliminating what doesn’t work,” the vice president added.
Elon Musk’s primary focus during the first seven weeks of Trump’s second term has been the mass dismissal of government employees. However, his approach has been challenged by judges who have ordered the reinstatement of all the fired employees.
‘Collecting checks and not doing their jobs’
The Vice President, however, maintained that there is an unnecessary number of employees who are working on the taxpayer’s dime but not doing enough work.
“I think some people clearly are collecting a check and not doing a job. However big the problem is, it is a problem when people are living off the generosity of the American taxpayer in a civil service job and not doing the people’s business,” he said.
At least 24,000 probationary employees have been terminated since Trump took office, the lawsuit alleges, though the government has not confirmed that number. including advance notice required for affected states.
Content retrieved from: https://www.firstpost.com/world/he-made-mistakes-vance-on-doges-musk-firing-thousands-of-federal-employees-13871611.html.
