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US presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would appoint Elon Musk to head a government efficiency commission if he is elected to office in November.

“At the suggestion of Elon Musk, who has given me his complete and total endorsement… I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump told the Economic Club of New York.

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The guy who lost $35B in a year and destroyed the business model - that guy?

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Musk is CEO of 3 companies and has the time for a Government job?

Being CEO is a part time job.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Trump doesn’t understand that Musk made up the title for the acronym

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are parts of the federal government that are wildly inefficient. So it isn't entirely misguided to want to improve that. Appointing Musk to redesign the government's operations is a terrible idea (based on Tesla operations).

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At the federal level most of the perceived inefficiencies are really just bloated budgets to ensure funds are available when needed, like for the military. The perception of inefficiency usually comes from the public not accepting the need for redundancy or that a lot of regulatory work is time consuming and expensive.

When conservstives talk about efficiency they mean fire people and slash budgets they oppose existing, like the NOAA. They don't actually mean efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago

Elon needs to get back to his CEO duties of abusing ketamine and shitposting on twitter all day long.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This has to all be a wacky nightmare.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

He's going to Xitter the US of A. 75% loss of value since he became involved.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had to scroll up to see if it was The Onion.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been saying for a few years now that I don't blame anyone anymore for biting the onion. It is FAR TOO HARD to figure out what is life being absurd, and what is an absurd satire headline.

The lines aren't blurred anymore. There are no lines. The lines have ceased to exist at this point.

I don't understand life anymore, and I'd like to go back to politics being boring instead of being a circus.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

The news source of this post could not be identified. Please check the source yourself. Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

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