Elon Musk, a man who whose ambition and boundless self-regard have propelled him from the boardrooms of Silicon Valley to barging into the offices of the Pentagon, where he now presides over the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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The conflict of interest is so glaring it seems to have blinded anyone with the ability to stop it from happening. Including Donald Trump. Who seriously has no clue whats going on.
Literally having executive orders explained to him moments before he signs them then looks up and says things like “That’ll be a good one” as if just hearing or remembering it for the first time.
Elon’s companies—most notably SpaceX—are tethered to billions in federal contracts, making him less a steward of public trust than a privateer with a government check book.
To place him in such a position is akin to appointing a Don Jr head of the DEA, though even that metaphor feels inadequate for the scale of this farce.
A real problem that is emblematic of a deeper discomfort afflicting our republic. The Trump administration’s empowerment of Musk is not merely an error in judgment;
it is a symptom of a political culture that has surrendered to celebrity and wealth at the expense of principle and prudence. The notion that one man, however brilliant or self-assured, should wield such unchecked influence over public policy is an affront to democracy itself.
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