The new leader of the organization leading efforts to reduce the federal workforce on Monday that he has no personal ties with the billionaire technology and former Trump adviser Ilon Musk, committing to his faithfully executing his agenda Donald Trump.

“I have no personal relationship with Ilon Musk. I’ve talked to him once on the phone in my life »told reporters Scott Kuporwho was sworn in the head of the staff management office earlier this month.

Kupor said he had told Trump and other people in the White House that “My job is to apply the president’s agenda as best I can.”

“But I’m not going to do it according to the goals of someone else who are incompatible with what the president wants to do.”he added.

Musk, who spent more than a quarter of billion dollars to help Trump win the November presidential election, led the efforts of the government’s efficiency ministry for budget cuts and federal labor Until his departure at the end of Mayto concentrate on its technological empire, including the Tesla electric vehicle manufacturer.

While Trump praised Musk’s term after his retirement, the president quickly withdrew the appointment of Musk’s ally and businessman in the field of technology, Jared Isaacmanfor head of NASA. Musk was frustrated by the removal of Isaacman.

The president also threatened to cancel billions of dollars between the federal government and Musk companies, after the billionaire described Trump’s tax bill as “Disgusting abomination”.

Before taking over the reins of OPM, Kupor was a partner at the business capital company Andreessen Horowitz based in Silicon Valley, who invests in the Musk’s XAI artificial intelligence and SpaceX.

Some government officials were afraid that Kupor’s candidacy could be another result of the confrontation between Trump and Musk as it was proposed in December, won a favorable vote in April, but did not receive full ratification from the Senate until July.

On Monday, Kupor was also asked about his plans for Musk’s initiative for e -mail. Describing the processing of weekly reply email as ‘Very manual’ and ‘Not effective’, Kupor said the initiative was “Something we need to look at and see, that is, if we utilize the value that the people who have implemented it had.”

The Reuters He said in March that the White House placed two faithful to Trump at the Personnel Management Office to ensure the best policy coordination between the White House and the Organization, after Musk left the White House officials with the importation of the email.