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Stuart Dyos

Musk’s DOGE team reportedly tried to fire air traffic controllers amid multiple plane crashes but was stopped by the Transportation secretary

Elon Musk attends President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on March 4. (Credit: Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images)
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Elon Musk squabbled during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, sources told the New York Times. Duffy was reportedly frustrated that Musk and DOGE had tried to cut air traffic control employees. Duffy also rebuffed Musk’s claim that air traffic controllers were hired from DEI initiatives.

Elon Musk and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reportedly had a testy exchange in a White House meeting Thursday about the conditions of the Federal Aviation Administration’s equipment and its air traffic controllers, according to the New York Times.

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