He’s going to be working with Musk on the “Department of Government Destruction Efficency”. I wonder how Musk feels about being forced to share power, with a swarthy person no less.
And thus Leonard Bernstein’s prophecy** came to pass:
For just a hundred dollar bill and no more
We’ll open any penitentiary door
For twenty-five, you’re Secretary of War
** “The Grand Old Party,” from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
It’s scary his only requirement is loyalty, and not competence, merit, or experience.
This one may actually run into problems getting confirmed – there are still some Republican Senators who take defense seriously, and Hegseth has no serious qualifications for the job.
They will cave.
Herschel Walker as Secretary of Offense?
If you had a Department of Government Efficiency, headed by two people, isn’t the first thing they would have to do is eliminate the redundancy by firing one of the department heads?
The irony, it burns…
Hey, it seems to work for Putin…
I prefer “Cackistocracy”(cack is Brit slang for shit).
I’m more floored, if one can be more floored than floored, by Musk having a government role than by this Fox News guy. ‘Better the devil you know’ my foot.
Trump can’t just unilaterally create a new Cabinet department, can he?
In a CNN interview with Kaitlin Collins, John Bolton described Trump’s only requirement not as loyalty, but rather as fealty.
I’m willing to bet that Elon came up with that - DOGE. He probably giggled like a school girl and Trump had no idea why. At some point in the future, I expect Elon to float the idea of changing the name of the country to X. Well, maybe AmericaX. XAmerica?
I asked this years ago and IIRC it is up to Congress to create new departments through funding.
You win.
That’s a question for the Department of Redundancy Department.
Can he just name him as “Acting” Secretary of Defense, like he did with so many appointments in the last years of his first term? Why bother with senate approval.
Jesus. It’s all just a game to him.
AIUI, you can only serve as an acting Cabinet secretary if you’ve previously been appointed to another position that requires Senate approval, which does reduce the job pool somewhat.
Considering his beliefs about reality being a simulation and most people being “NPCs”?
President Musk literally believes he is the main character of the universe.
Correct. That’s why Trump is insisting that Senate Republicans allow him to make recess appointments, which would allow him to appoint anyone he wants although they could only serve through the end of the current Congress.