The billionaire is making headlines in the American press this morning. “ President-elect Donald Trump has (SO) announced yesterday that he was appointing Elon Musk to head a new ministry on reducing public spending and regulation, point it Washington Postthus entrusting a huge portfolio to the tech billionaire who had provided political and financial support for his candidacy for the presidency. (…) Donald Trump described this new ministry as a “Manhattan Project” [référence au programme secret d’armes nucléaires visant à développer la première bombe atomique durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale], and “Manhattan Project”, therefore, whose objective would be to significantly reduce regulations, reduce staffing and “restructure” federal agencies. It is not yet clear how such an initiative would be financed or managed. » In any case, again note the Washington Postthat ” could have major impacts on the U.S. government and millions of federal employees. »
Interrogations…
Indeed, many questions remain unanswered, adds the New York Times. First of all, Donald Trump did not address the fact that no such ministry existed. He also did not specify whether Elon Musk would hire staff for this new administration, while his goal is to reduce the federal workforce. »
Then continue the New York Times« Elon Musk said before the election that he would help the president-elect reduce by 2 000 billion dollars in the federal budget. But he did not explain in detail how this would be achieved or what parts of the administration would be reduced. »
Another question: “ How Elon Musk would accomplish this task, without creating conflicts of interest, given that his company, SpaceX, has been awarded federal contracts worth more than 10 billion dollars over the last decade? »
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The victory of the libertarians…
In fact, analysis The Cross in Paris, “ in the Trumpist galaxy, a new planet has gained ground in recent years : the libertarians, with the most famous of them as their leader, Elon Musk. They have (encore) no more appetite for demolition. In their eyes, the State is indeed a hindrance to individual energy. It must therefore be limited as much as possible, and be reduced as much as possible to three fundamental functions : guarantee the right to life, liberty and private property. Elon Musk could (SO) be entrusted with the task of reorganizing the federal state, raises again The Cross, in the manner of Javier Milei, the president of Argentina who had campaigned with a chainsaw and who was quick to eliminate ministries when he came to power. Several institutions are thus in the crosshairs of American libertarians, starting with the Ministry of Education. »
Everything to gain…
« In the shadow of Donald Trump, more powerful than ever, Elon Musk will be able to implement his hidden agenda », affirms for his part Time in Geneva. For Olivier Alexandre, researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research, interviewed by the Swiss daily, “ Musk’s general idea is to show that the market works better than bureaucracy, that individual initiative must prevail over the administration, that very significant cuts in personnel can make the Public Prosecutor’s Office more efficient, as he tried to demonstrate it with PayPal against the banks, Tesla against General Motors, SpaceX against NASA, then with Twitter, which became X. »
« The ideas of Donald Trump and Elon Musk are close, pointe Time. But the union does not necessarily promise to be without clouds. We are talking about two personalities, driven by the cult of personality. According to an American expression, there cannot be two sheriffs in the same town. Even less so in the White House. Conflicts are to be expected. »
In any case, for now,« the billionaire has everything to gain, still states Time. His businesses – Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink – would be likely beneficiaries of an America First policy and domestic production initiatives. Tesla could accelerate energy independence, Starlink technological sovereignty, and SpaceX strengthen national security. »
