After months of apparent listlessness, Democrats are once again beginning to engage in the type of resistance that defined the Trump's first term.

Activists, who have been urging a stronger response, waved signs that said “Nobody Elected Elon,” as the party directs its outrage at Trump’s billionaire ally.

The SGE designation, which has come under scrutiny under Democrats as well, exempts short-term federal employees from certain disclosure rules.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is working for President Donald Trump as a “special government employee,” according to a White House official, solidifying his controversial role in the administration but sidestepping some disclosure rules that are typical of federal workers.

Elon Musk will work under President Donald Trump as a “special government employee,” designating Musk as an unpaid employee of the federal government with fewer restrictions than full-time employees, according to the White House, as Musk’s so-called Department Of Government Efficiency has involved itself in multiple federal agencies in recent days.

Donald Trump has empowered his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk to take over federal agencies — and Democrat lawmakers are scrambling to respond. Democrats denounced the gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) by Musk and his cadre of youthful software engineers,