Trump sparks liberal meltdown as he taps Elon Musk to 'dismantle' U.S. bureaucracy
SUMMARY
Donald Trump has caused a stir among liberals with his recent appointments and announcement of a new initiative. He tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), aiming to dismantle the $6.5 trillion federal bureaucracy. Trump framed this as a "Manhattan Project of our time," with Musk and Ramaswamy tasked with slashing federal agencies, potentially reducing the current 428 to just 99. Musk, outspoken on government waste, emphasized the need to cut hundreds of agencies, vowing to make the process transparent and open to public suggestions. He proposed a leaderboard to highlight the most egregious examples of taxpayer waste. However, critics dismissed DOGE as an 'unrealistic' initiative. MSNBC’s Alex Wagner and CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin mocked the plan, arguing it would be difficult to implement within existing government structures. Meanwhile, Trump also appointed Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and anti-woke figure, as Secretary of Defense.
