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Trump Announces Creation of Govt. Efficiency Dept. To Be Led By Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy

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(The Guardian) Trump announces Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as heads of Department of Government Efficiency
Trump has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramwswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

In a statement, Trump said: I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement. “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” stated Mr. Musk.
Trump, in his statement, lays out a vision of the department as “potentially ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time”. The Manhattan Project was the World War Two research program that developped nuclear weapons. Only this one is named after an internet meme and type of Bitcoin.

Here is more from Trump’s statement: It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project”’of our time. Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of “DOGE” for a very long time. To drive this kind of drastic change, the Department of Government Efficiency will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government, and will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.

I look forward to Elon and Vivek making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency and, at the same time, making life better for all Americans. Importantly, we will drive out the massive waste and fraud which exists throughout our annual $6.5 Trillion Dollars of Government Spending. They will work together to liberate our Economy, and make the U.S. Government accountable to “WE THE PEOPLE.” Their work will conclude no later than July 4, 2026 - A smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence. I am confident they will succeed!
 
Okay. Putting aside the actual idiocy that is some edgelord like Elon Musk convincing a President to give him a department called DOGE...

The fact that Elon is in charge of 'efficiency' when he bought a social media company and tanked it's value by 80% in 2 years is just hilarious.
 
Is this a joke.... or should this be filed under "Today's Reason to Drink"?
Both, but definitely the latter....
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Okay. Putting aside the actual idiocy that is some edgelord like Elon Musk convincing a President to give him a department called DOGE...

The fact that Elon is in charge of 'efficiency' when he bought a social media company and tanked it's value by 80% in 2 years is just hilarious.
If he could do this the way he's run SpaceX, it might actually make sense; I mean, God only knows we need the people running Boeing in that position....
 
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(The Guardian) Trump announces Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as heads of Department of Government Efficiency
Trump has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramwswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

In a statement, Trump said: I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement. “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” stated Mr. Musk.

Trump, in his statement, lays out a vision of the department as “potentially ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time”. The Manhattan Project was the World War Two research program that developped nuclear weapons. Only this one is named after an internet meme and type of Bitcoin.

Here is more from Trump’s statement: It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project”’of our time. Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of “DOGE” for a very long time. To drive this kind of drastic change, the Department of Government Efficiency will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government, and will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.

I look forward to Elon and Vivek making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency and, at the same time, making life better for all Americans. Importantly, we will drive out the massive waste and fraud which exists throughout our annual $6.5 Trillion Dollars of Government Spending. They will work together to liberate our Economy, and make the U.S. Government accountable to “WE THE PEOPLE.” Their work will conclude no later than July 4, 2026 - A smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence. I am confident they will succeed!
Great pick!!!
 
Great pick!!!
Just cutting the grift out of DoD would be a good thing but God knows there's plenty of waste in government....

*glances over at @Dee* Dee, why the laugh emoji on the comment above?
Was it the fact that Trump appointed Elon & Vivek or was it that we might actually start seeing government waste cut for once?
 
Just cutting the grift out of DoD would be a good thing but God knows there's plenty of waste in government....

*glances over at @Dee* Dee, why the laugh emoji on the comment above?
Was it the fact that Trump appointed Elon & Vivek or was it that we might actually start seeing government waste cut for once?
The former. I agree government waste needs to be cut; however, I don't agree with how it needs to be done. And for sure not under a Trump presidency.
 

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