US media: Speaker of the US House of Representatives candidl

According to the latest report from the US Political News Network, on the 11th local time, US House Speaker Mike Johnson made the most candid evaluation to date on the influence of billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of the US Department of Efficiency, in the US Congress and his potential threat to legislative negotiations. Johnson said that if Musk "continues to make statements that lead to misunderstandings or misinterpretations of what we are doing, he can mess up the whole thing

According to reports, Johnson described his job as Speaker during a Fireside Talk at Georgetown University as manipulating a "huge control panel" with "moderators" belonging to Republican members, US President Trump, and Musk.

Elon has the world's largest (social) platform, really, "Johnson said." If he continues to say things that lead to misunderstandings or misinterpretations of what we do, he can mess up the whole thing

Johnson added, "So I spent a lot of time dealing with all these 'regulators' and these people, running around all day to make sure everyone was happy

The report mentioned that Johnson has firsthand experience of Musk's influence. Musk helped veto a bipartisan government spending bill supported by Johnson in December last year, ultimately causing chaos in the US Congress before Christmas.

As of the time of publication, Musk has not yet responded to this.

On January 20th, on the day of his inauguration, Trump signed an executive order to form an advisory committee led by Musk called the Government Efficiency Department, claiming that it would significantly reduce federal spending to restore the federal government's capacity and efficiency. On the 6th of this month, Trump posted on social media that the government efficiency department led by Musk has achieved "incredible" success in the past six weeks. But he also stated that the federal government's layoffs should be as precise as using a surgical knife, rather than adopting a crude approach like a big axe. The New York Times reported that Trump's move not only publicly supports Musk, but also attempts to limit his "indiscriminate" layoffs, reflecting increasing unease within the Republican Party about Musk's "chain saw" layoffs in the federal government and his "disdain" for the bureaucratic system and government employees.