Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday that tech billionaire Elon Musk “does not have the power to fire people.” “Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people. The president of the United

“Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people,” Mr. Scott said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The president of the United States is Donald Trump, and the agency heads are the ones who manage each of their departments, so they’ve got the — they’ve got the decision, that’s what Elon Musk has told me time and time again.”

Republican Senator Rick Scott clarified Elon Musk's authority over federal employees, stating that only Cabinet officials can make staffing decisions.

Elon Musk, a tech billionaire and entrepreneur, has been in the spotlight for his ventures in Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter (now X). He is now leading Trump's new advisory body, DOGE, focusing on reducing federal spending.

When Donald Trumps benefactor and cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk recently supported a call for the United States to quit NATO and the United Nations, it should perhaps have been more surprising. But the first months of