Musk and Trump Declare War on Public Money

The Duo Who Want to Revolutionize America at Your Expense

Photo by Mary Carter

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The world’s richest man and history’s most controversial ex-president just announced a partnership that sounds like a bad joke but is deadly serious. DOGE — yes, like the meme cryptocurrency — is the new project promising to “save” America by cutting $2 trillion in public spending.

Let me translate this into simple language: imagine your eccentric millionaire neighbor and that crazy uncle nobody invites to family dinners decide they’re going to “help” manage the building complex.

For free. Because they’re so generous. Sounds like a good idea? Right.

And here’s the most absurd part: it’s not even an official government department. It’s literally a private club of billionaires who decided they know better than everyone else how to manage public money.

Musk, the genius who bought Twitter for $44 billion and then changed its name to “X” (because apparently the letter is sexy), will be an “external volunteer.” Translation: he can make mistakes without consequences.

The most surreal part?

They’re recruiting people to work 80 hours a week… without pay. Yes, you read that right. The world’s…