The Minister of Public Service, Guillaume Kasbarian, congratulates Elon Musk, appointed by Donald Trump to “dismantle the bureaucracy”

The Minister of Public Service, Guillaume Kasbarian, congratulated Wednesday, November 13, the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, after his appointment by Donald Trump at the head of a ministry of“governmental efficiency” pour “dismantle government bureaucracy”.

The wealthy owner of X and boss of Space “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excessive regulations, cut unnecessary spending, and restructure federal agencies”declared the president-elect in a press release.

Kasbarian commented, in English: “Congratulations on accepting this awesome challenge @elonmusk! I look forward to sharing with you best practices for combating excess bureaucracy, reducing paperwork, and rethinking public organizations to improve the effectiveness of public officials. »

Elon Musk will head this ministry jointly with Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. “This will send a shock wave through the system and to all those involved in government waste, which represents a lot of people”he said, regarding his new position.

The 53-year-old entrepreneur threw himself headlong into Donald Trump’s campaign in the last few weeks. Images of the multi-billionaire – Forbes estimates his fortune at more than $300 billion – leaping on stage during a Republican rally in Pennsylvania went around the world.

“Poor French civil servants”

“We thought that Trumpism in France was limited to the far right. We were wrong. We have G. Kasbarian, the French Elon Musk without electricity »mocked the boss of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure. For the president (Socialist Party) of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, the minister of the civil service “humiliates”through his message “those who every day care for, educate, protect and maintain public services in our territories. He dishonors our Republic. »

“Are we congratulating Elon Musk? No, really, that’s not possible.”responded on X the former Macronist minister of health Aurélien Rousseau, now socialist deputy for Yvelines.

“A French minister congratulates, in English, Elon Musk on his appointment to the Trump administration. He proudly admits to sharing the same objectives of weakening public services. How far will this government go in its humiliation of France? »reacted the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) from Val-de-Marne Clémence Guetté.

For the “rebellious” MP Gabrielle Cathala this message announces “Kasbarian’s program: privatize, bury public services, dismantle the State for the benefit of the most fortunate”. “Macronie sinks a little more every day into collusion with the authoritarian and violent extreme right”worries the member for Val-d’Oise.

“Is support for cuts to the US Department of Education or the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Commission a model for Macronists? »asks Rodrigo Arenas, New Popular Front (NFP) deputy in Paris. “Poor French civil servants who have to endure such a minister”is alarmed by communist senator Ian Brossat, noting that “Macronism dissolves into Trumpism. »