With DOGE, Elon Musk Wants to Bring His Brutal Managerial Style to the Federal Government. But He Doesn’t Own it. Yet.
Even if nothing more concrete emerges from the bluster surrounding DOGE, the initiative is at least giving Musk a very expensive seat in Trump’s White House. He won’t be there as a government official or agency chief, but acting in the capacity of a corporate executive who is there to fire people. That at least, won’t be new.