He pointed to Project 2025 co-author and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought’s comments that the Trump administration wants to “make life so miserable that these people don’t want to come to work every day,” and that he wants working in the federal government to be a “traumatic experience” as evidence that the administration doesn’t care about its federal workers, including veterans.
Dozens of "probationary employees" at the Department of Education were let go on February 12, according to two sources who spoke to the broadcaster.. Musk's team has also targeted the Department of Homeland Security — which saw more than 400 employees fired, half of which were members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides relief after disasters.
The congresswomen warned that Musk's goal of cutting 75 percent of the federal workforce would mean that up to 500,000 veterans could lose their jobs.
Musk's culling has not only cost veterans their jobs, but it's targeting the agency that provides them services, including healthcare; the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“Our veterans make significant sacrifices in service of our country, but those sacrifices do not seem to matter to President Trump and unchecked billionaire Elon Musk,” DeLauro wrote.
