Speaker Mike Johnson is throwing his support behind Elon Musk following President Donald Trump’s tense closed-door meeting with his Cabinet, saying that the role of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is going through a “recalibration” and that Musk will correct his mistakes along the way.
“I think the president kind of did a recalibration yesterday. He brought in Elon and he brought in the Cabinet secretaries, and they had a dialogue about the process, to formalize more of this,” Johnson said in an interview Friday on Fox News.
When asked about his message to fired veterans across the country growing angry at Republicans over DOGE’s move fast and break things approach, Johnson said “we have to take care of our veterans.”
He defended Musk, saying “there’s no playbook” for DOGE and that the Tesla CEO and special adviser to Trump may have some mishaps that will be fixed.
That goes for the mass cuts to veteran jobs, Johnson said.
“Stay tuned, stay tuned, because it’s gonna be corrected. And I’ve talked to Elon about this personally, and many of us have,” Johnson said. “And the essential employees and the people doing great work will come back.”
