Trump announces Elon / Vivek will lead DOGE

This will be THE greatest conflicts of interest administrations in history

Medicaid is waste. I support Medicare but not Medicaid, especially with no work requirement. A ton of other federal programs and departments are waste as well.

Ramaswamy is a genius.

I’m old enough to remember when cabinet members and presidents had to divest of their business interests to avoid conflicts of interest.

Let ne know when Elon will be divesting of his corporations. I am sure he will be doing so. After all, the reason he is joining the Trump administration certainly is not for personal gain. It is to Make America Great Again. (Again)

Only the illegal ones. You've been told wrong or conveniently got it wrong on purpose. I think it's the latter.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856505561501561307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1856505561501561307%7Ctwgr%5E97460189428b508466c8225f2f4a1d3e4dae9953%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fiframe.nbcnews.com%2FMpwX7jC%3F_showcaption%3Dtrueapp%3D1

It's pretty funny to be fair. He names his 'department' after one of the products he sells to morons and they still can't see what's going on.

I'm up 400% on my dogecoin. And having DJT as president will mean a very anti-regulation SEC which should help my other crypto as well. I don't care much about social issues as they don't really affect me much but Trump is better for me on those as well.

I cant wait to see what chemistry lab gloop you americans are eating in 4 years.

Probably be drinking the chlorine they was your chicken with as a by-product soda drink.

https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1856725762130260383

What waste? Medical waste?

You probably have a mental image of Musk walking around federal buildings firing people or cutting programs at will to reach his laughable goal of reducing the debt by $1T by way of cutting gov't spending. Slow down a bit and look at the facts Trumpers:

1. This is not a real department of gov't. If it were it would need to be created by Congress -- not unilaterally by the president.

2. It ends no later than July 4th, 2026.

3. All this "deparatment" will do is provide recommendations to the White House and Office of Management and Budget on areas to reduce federal spending. As you know, internal depts hate being told by consultants (which is effectively what Musk is) on how to do their job.

4. Actual budget cuts have to go through that other branch of gov't. You might have heard of it whenever we get a threat of gov't shutdown to only have Republicans cave to prevent an actual shutdown.

This DOGE "department" is really meant to neuter Musk and his distance him from real power. Think about it...Trump has Vivek chaperoning Musk. Did you really think Trump would let another guy outshine him? Oh hellz no.

BTW, more facts:

1. Making gov't more efficient is an old Republican playbook tactic to gain more votes. Reagan said the same thing in the 1980s. Guess what? The budget (and debt) has gone up every single year in Reagan and Trump's adminstration. Facts hurt folks.

2. Social Security, Medicare, and Defense spending rank the highest in gov't spending. Please explain to Uncle Bob, the trump voter, why his social security check is going to be delayed 2 months.... And oh --- it's not in Musk's best interest to cut defense spending ($15B goes to his companies).

This is all a circle jerk meant to trick a segment of population to vote for Trump. Ain't nothing happening and Musk will be frustrated. Probably go to X to complain. After which Trump will ex-communicado this guy and a feud between the two begins. After that Musk jumps back to the liberal side.

We could make a movie on this.

Trump chose people based on loyalty this time, and he'll schedule F some employees as well. It'll be more well-organized and efficient this time.

Here are some of the most insane statistics about the waste and inefficiency of the US government and why Elon and Vivek's new DOGE is such an incredible and crucial development for America:
• The CBO revealed at least 1,264 federal programs and bureaus have expired authorizations, but they still received $516B in funding for FY2024
• The Government Accountability Office estimates the federal government wastes $247B in taxpayer money each year
• The Department of the Treasury reported $24.5B in "unreconciled transactions" in the past meaning it spent ~$25B on unknown items
• Department of Agriculture employees misused government issued credit cards spending millions on personal purchases like concert tickets, tattoos, lingerie and car payments
• $33.2M was spent on transgender monkey research
• The NIH spent part of a $2.7M grant to study Russian cats walking on a treadmill
• The DoD ruined $170M of military equipment by leaving it outside
• The US Agency for International Development spent $6M to promote tourism in Egypt
• The SBA gave over $200M to music artists like Post Malone, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne through the Covid Paycheck Protection Program
• The US military bought soap dispensers for aircraft at over 80 times the commercial price
The importance of the Department of Government Efficiency cannot be overstated

"Conflict of interest" is a euphemism. Call it what it is - corruption! If it was a foreign country doing this there would be no doubt it would be described as such.

Just imagine if George Soros was given a cabinet position and paling around with Obama every day ant his golf resort home after he won the election.

This was after Soros bought the largest social media platform with funds from foreign govt to help throw the election to Obama.

Sureal times we live in.

Ruthless, slick, dangerous.

Just the adjectives you want to see describing government officials shaping our country.

Wow.

Right??

This two are supposed to be captains of industry and efficiency, and yet it there is a joint 'lead' for this "department"?

Guaranteed they will need to hire plenty of staff to get anything done. These guys may be directors, but they aren't doers.