FIGAROVOX/CHRONICLE – Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would appoint Elon Musk to head a new department of “government efficiency.” The billionaire, who intends to reduce federal budgets, has nevertheless succeeded thanks to this money, notes our columnist.
Aurélie Jean is a doctor of science and entrepreneur. She notably published Do algorithms make the law? (L’Observatoire, 2022) and co-written Résistance 2050 (The Observatory, 2023). Latest book published : The code has changed. Love and sexuality in the age of algorithms, published by the Observatory (2024).
The announcement has just been made. Elon Musk will be appointed by Donald Trump to head the Ministry of “Government Effectiveness”. Its objective is clear and aligned with the intentions of the next American president: to deregulate as much as possible and significantly reduce federal budgets. However, behind such a libertarian posture lies in reality a real hypocrisy or even an obvious intellectual dishonesty on the part of the boss of X, Tesla, or even SpaceX: Elon Musk would never have been able to create his companies without federal money… and therefore the taxpayer.
Elon Musk is clearly a brilliant engineer and a certain visionary…
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