The Rise of Elon Musk's DOGE under Trump

Addressing vulnerability and promoting security
Apr 07, 2025 | GZERO World

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has rapidly reshaped the federal government, firing thousands of workers, slashing spending, and shutting entire agencies. In this GZERO World article, Ian Bremme ad Katie Drummond discuss President Trump’s increasingly symbiotic relationship with the tech billionaire Musk his impact on politics and policy, and what happens when Silicon Valley’s ‘disrupt-or-die’ ethos collides with the machinery of the US government. The authors question whether DOGE’s work is the beginning of a necessary restructuring, or whether it only injects more chaos into the system? In other words, will a Silicon Valley mindset make - or break - Washington? “ https://www.gzeromedia.com

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