Trump appointed Elon Musk: how the billionaire wants to reduce $2 trillion in US government spending, which has already been called populism
Although the American media reported that the billionaire and owner of the X social network, Elon Musk, who played a key role in Trump's victory, is not interested in a position in the future cabinet of the 47th US president, he will still receive the seat.
On Tuesday, November 12, on the Truth Social social network, Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (a former contender for the US presidential nomination from the Republican Party) will lead the new US Government Efficiency Department (DOGE). Interestingly, DOGE is also short for Dogecoin, a meme cryptocurrency actively promoted by Elon Musk. He even claimed that it would finance SpaceX's mission to the moon. And after Trump announced the appointment of Musk to the new Department of Government Efficiency, this cryptocurrency soared in price.
Although Musk was previously publicly offered to head the Efficiency Commission…
