Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans #news #bbcnews

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Published Feb 17, 2025

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-musk-military-veterans-war-doge-1235266086/
The president’s new executive order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel. https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/ #By Michael Embrich, February 13, 2025
Donald Trump’s new executive order, titled “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Workforce Optimization Initiative,” outlines exactly how #trump and #elonmusk Musk plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and strip transitioning military veterans and their families overseas of the generous federal hiring incentives they rely on.
This executive order seeks to impose severe hiring restrictions and would disproportionately harm veterans, who make up one-third of the federal workforce. Requiring agencies to hire only one new employee for every four who leave will drastically reduce VA staffing levels. At a time when the veteran population is aging and the VA’s mission has expanded under #Joe Biden, this policy will lead to massive delays and outright denials in health care, benefits processing, and disability claims — the essential services veterans depend on to survive.