To allegedly streamline the government and cut waste, Trump has appointed these two weirdos to head a department that shares its unfortunate name with a meme from 2010 (and a cryptocurrency that Musk has often promoted).
Musk, the richest man in the world, has said he’s serving as the new Trump administration’s “first buddy.” His company, SpaceX, has gotten billions of dollars in government contracts, he’s currently being sued for sexual harassment by eight former SpaceX employees, and his Super Pac reportedly spent $200 million on Trump’s reelection campaign.
Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful. In 2023, he floated a plan to randomly fire all government employees whose Social Security Numbers end in odd numbers because what could go wrong? Full disclosure: Ramaswamy holds an activist stake in BuzzFeed and has pitched a plan for the company to pivot to video, featuring conservative commentators like Tucker Carlson.
