Published on 22/11/2024 06:38
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Elon Musk was appointed by Donald Trump to head an unprecedented Ministry of Government Efficiency, responsible for “dismantling bureaucracy”.
He is the richest man in the world, Donald Trump's most vocal supporter and his future minister of government efficiency. Elon Musk went from eccentric entrepreneur to politician. On Wednesday, November 20, he detailed his plan to reform the American federal state. Donald Trum will slash civil service staffing and spending. Among the measures considered by the founder of Tesla: removing subsidies to Family Planning and dismissing thousands of civil servants.
With businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, he will lead a brand new “commission on government efficiency”. This body with an advisory role is neither a ministry nor a government agency. That “will stimulate the economy”promises the boss of SpaceX. According to him, the “Encysted and ever-growing bureaucracy is an existential threat” for the United States.
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