{"id":18683,"date":"2025-05-01T09:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/move-fast-and-destroy-things-100-chaotic-days-of-elon-musk-in-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:37:25","slug":"move-fast-and-destroy-things-100-chaotic-days-of-elon-musk-in-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/move-fast-and-destroy-things-100-chaotic-days-of-elon-musk-in-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role<\/p>\n

One hundred days after Elon Musk<\/a> entered the White House as Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted agencies and public services that took decades to build while accumulating immense political power.<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s role in the Trump administration<\/a> is without modern precedent. Never before has the world\u2019s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk\u2019s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has embedded its members in key roles across federal agencies, gained access to personal data on millions of Americans and fired tens of thousands of workers. SpaceX, where he is CEO, is now poised to take over potential government contracts worth billions. He has left a trail of chaos while seeding the government with his allies, who will likely help him profit and preserve his newfound power.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role
\nOne hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump\u2019s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted agencies and public services that took decades to build while accumulating immense political power.
\nMusk\u2019s role in the Trump administration is without modern precedent. Never before has the world\u2019s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk\u2019s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has embedded its members in key roles across federal agencies, gained access to personal data on millions of Americans and fired tens of thousands of workers. SpaceX, where he is CEO, is now poised to take over potential government contracts worth billions. He has left a trail of chaos while seeding the government with his allies, who will likely help him profit and preserve his newfound power. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role One hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump\u2019s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal …<\/p>\n

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