As promised, Donald Trump has given Elon Musk a job in (or at least adjacent to) his second administration, in a brand-new extragovernmental organization named for a meme turned cryptocurrency: the Department of Government Efficiency,

The government contractor and appointee made a concerted effort to boost Donald Trump’s election in the Keystone State. It might not have had any effect.

Trump and Musk want to run a giant experiment on the federal bureaucracy. Two big unknowns already loom over it.

Discretionary spending, including defense spending, is estimated to total $1.9 trillion out of $6.75 trillion in total federal outlays for fiscal 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office, suggesting Musk's target would be very difficult to meet.

Gray checkmarks are usually reserved for official government accounts. The Department of Government Efficiency will operate outside the government.

Donald Trump asking Elon Musk to oversee a made-up government “department” named after a crypto token that’s based on a 14-year-old Shiba Inu meme might be concern No. 874 o