Musk defends Doge role and rejects conflict of interest claims as he joins Trump for Oval Office ceremony – live
X owner and son flank US president for event billed as signing of executive order requiring compliance with Musk’s agency
Donald Trump announced he is dispatching Treasury secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while also predicting the war in the country would end “soon”.
The US president made the news on Truth Social:
I am sending Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to Ukraine to meet President Zelensky. This War MUST and WILL END SOON — Too much Death and Destruction. The U.S. has spent BILLIONS of Dollars Globally, with little to show. WHEN AMERICA IS STRONG, THE WORLD IS AT PEACE.
“As you know we have been ordered to cease all work. I don’t believe in these conditions I can effectively serve in my role, which is protecting American consumers,” said Halperin wrote. “Today I made the difficult decision to resign effective today.”
Salas said she believed the decision by Vought to halt all supervisory work was illegal.
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