Elon Musk popularity: Despite his role in Trump's inner circle and overseeing DOGE, Elon Musk's popularity is waning. A recent poll shows he's becoming more unpopular with the public. Elon Musk's popularity has been decreasing since he took over the Department of Government Efficiency. A Wall Street Journal poll shows half of the respondents view his advisory role under Trump unfavorably.
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Ethics watchdog issues conflict of interest warning to Musk's Doge agencywww.theguardian.com
... A leading ethics watchdog has issued warnings to Donald Trump's billionaire ally Elon Musk and the "department of government efficiency" (Doge), an agency Trump has stated he will create, claiming its use of encrypted messaging apps potentially violates the Federal Records Act (FRA).
American Oversight, which uses litigation to obtain public records and expose government misconduct, argues that Musk's leadership of Doge raises "significant ethical concerns about potential conflicts of interest", given his business empire and the substantial impact that Doge could have on federal agencies.
The warnings stem from reports that members of Doge, which aims to carry out dramatic cuts to the US government, are using the encrypted messaging app Signal with an auto-delete feature, which could hinder the preservation of official records. ...
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