Elon Musk’s time in Donald Trump’s administration will “be felt for years to come,” according to a political analyst.
The tech mogul spent less than a year in the president’s administration, but his time there has been described as a “ransacking” period. The Tesla CEO was put in as head of the newly founded DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), which The New Republic’s Hafiz Rashid believes failed in its aim to cut government spending.
“Musk’s decimation of USAID will be felt for years to come,” Rashid wrote. “The end of its many life-saving programs around the world has already killed hundreds of thousands of people, and if those programs don’t receive a new source of funding, millions of the world’s destitute will suffer even further. Musk called it a ‘criminal organization’ that ‘needs to die.’”
The Tesla CEO’s time in the administration was dubbed a “ransacking of the federal government” by Rashid, who also claimed Musk’s part in the government was a “reward” for his generous contributions to the Trump campaign.
The tech billionaire would contribute $250 million to the re-election campaign. Rashid wrote, “DOGE, named as such to copy an old internet meme, was Musk’s reward for spending $250 million to get Trump elected.”
“He would get to run the powerful government agency while claiming to have no official position with the government, insulating him from any and all ethics requirements.”
“For the next few months, the tech oligarch would oversee ransacking of the federal government and workforce, bringing on his preferred hires, a group of twenty-somethings with no government experience, but extensive ties to Musk’s companies and fellow fascist tech CEO Peter Thiel.”
Musk left the administration at the end of May, though has seemingly returned to Trump’s inner circle. The Washington Post suggests Vice President JD Vance orchestrated the truce between Musk and Trump.
As reported by the outlet, the truce seems to be the doing of Vance. The article reads, “Vance already had appealed to Musk directly. This time, he urged Musk allies to push him to back off his third party plans.
“And Vance would later personally lobby lawmakers to support restoring the nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head NASA, the agency that funds Musk’s space exploration businesses SpaceX, said the two people.”
“But though Trump and Musk are once again on good terms, their truce is fragile, allies of both men say.”
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