{"id":21405,"date":"2026-01-01T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/they-sowed-chaos-to-no-avail-the-lasting-legacy-of-elon-musks-doge\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:37:33","slug":"they-sowed-chaos-to-no-avail-the-lasting-legacy-of-elon-musks-doge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/they-sowed-chaos-to-no-avail-the-lasting-legacy-of-elon-musks-doge\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They sowed chaos to no avail\u2019: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk\u2019s Doge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire \u2013 who had no government experience \u2013 left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an \u2018efficiency\u2019 drive across Washington<\/p>\n<p>As Elon Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, splurged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/04\/trump-elon-musk-federal-government\">more than $250m<\/a> on Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 re-election campaign, the US president commissioned his new ally to oversee a sweeping \u201cefficiency\u201d drive across the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla and SpaceX boss, who had no experience inside government, was tasked with eradicating waste and cutting spending as part of the so-called \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge) \u2013 and was quick to stoke expectations.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/01\/elon-musk-doge-legacy-government\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9081fdc1d1d7911bfec2b860f078d1af41b964db\/0_0_5428_4342\/master\/5428.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=db22b4d7b8939d481a38d8a62c6bd00f\" title=\"\u2018They sowed chaos to no avail\u2019: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk\u2019s Doge\" \/>The billionaire \u2013 who had no government experience \u2013 left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an \u2018efficiency\u2019 drive across Washington<br \/>\nAs Elon Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, splurged more than $250m on Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 re-election campaign, the US president commissioned his new ally to oversee a sweeping \u201cefficiency\u201d drive across the federal government.<br \/>\nThe Tesla and SpaceX boss, who had no experience inside government, was tasked with eradicating waste and cutting spending as part of the so-called \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge) \u2013 and was quick to stoke expectations. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire \u2013 who had no government experience \u2013 left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an \u2018efficiency\u2019 drive across Washington As Elon Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, splurged more than $250m on Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 re-election campaign, the US president commissioned his new ally to oversee a sweeping \u201cefficiency\u201d drive across the federal &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/they-sowed-chaos-to-no-avail-the-lasting-legacy-of-elon-musks-doge\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018They sowed chaos to no avail\u2019: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk\u2019s Doge<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}