President Trump now says his Cabinet secretaries will be the ones to make staffing decisions,
not Elon Musk and his Doge entity.
But is that how things are really going to work?
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President Trump said he wants his captain secretaries to work with Elon Musk on staffing decisions.
It almost sounds like he might be stripping some of that power away from Musk and his Doge entity,
but Izzy.
NPR senior editor and correspondent Ron Elving joins us.
Ron, thanks for being with us.