This is going to be legen — wait for it — dary! Legendary! File this under the Department of Awesomeness, not just for the meat of the story, but for the meme aspect of it.
We now have a Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Yes, the commission is named after the infamous canine crypto meme that turned into a real cryptocurrency, Dogecoin.
And just who will be heading up this new commission as appointed by President-elect Donald Trump? Well, if you can read headlines — and I’m pretty sure you can — Tesla founder and X CEO Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Ramaswamy posted to X about their new positions within the upcoming Trump administration, including Trump’s statement on picking the pair to head up the commission.
We will not go gently, @elonmusk. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/sbVka2vTiW
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) November 13, 2024
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At one point, both men even wrote that they will crowdsource to get a better understanding of what the people want in or out of their government.
All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2024
Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!
We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb… https://t.co/1c0bAlxmY0
DOGE will soon begin crowdsourcing examples of government waste, fraud, & and abuse. Americans voted for drastic government reform & they deserve to be part of fixing it. https://t.co/iRXmgT6ZuQ
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) November 13, 2024
Ironically, Musk posted an AI meme of him sitting at a desk with the “D.O.G.E” acronym in front of him way back in September, so this appointment might’ve been expected.
Department of Government Efficiency pic.twitter.com/HFeHYNIkJN
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
If Musk and Ramaswamy clean government house, as they’ve said they would in the past, it should be an interesting four years.
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