Elon Musk had some relatable thoughts on the new “department” of government efficiency he’s been tasked to head with Vivek Ramaswamy. “I still can’t believe DOGE is real,” he wrote on his social media platform X on Sunday night,

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Experts familiar with previous government efficiency task forces warn that DOGE may run into many of the same challenges as its predecessors.

Elon Musk has shared his own disbelief that the government efficiency department Donald Trump tapped him to lead “is real.” The world’s richest man and SpaceX owner, who holds billions of dollars in government contracts through his companies, appeared to mock the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a post on X.

Since at least the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, presidents have been appointing commissions to reform the government. Most have come up short.

U.S. President-elect Trump has tasked billionaire businessman Elon Musk with making the government cost-efficient. That may be an admirable objective, but the ideology driving it is wrong-headed... and dangerous.

Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to run the invented “Department of Government Efficiency.” The “DOGE” commission promises to reward these men and their billionaire allies while everyday Americans face the hardships Musk admits will result from their budget cuts,