Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the inefficiencies of federal bureaucracy. But beneath the rhetoric of cost-cutting and regulatory streamlining lies a troubling scenario.

In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In turn, Musk and his team have spent the first few weeks of Trump’s second term waging a largely unchecked war on the federal bureaucracy — an onslaught that was finally

Elon Musk is officially working for the government. But what does he actually do? That's a mystery. His job title? “Unlisted.” His salary? Zero. His power? A lot. Musk's Shadow Role in Washington Musk now has a White House access badge and has been described as the head of DOGE—not the meme coin,