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Elon Musk did not receive Not a single vote in the elections from the US, neither a dollar from the US government receives. However, many consider him the most powerful person in the country, and has declared war on bureaucracy.
Not two weeks ago that Donald Trump was invested as 47th President of the United States, but Elon Musk has had plenty of time to put An army of twenty -year -old engineers Even the kitchen of the US administration. That a private citizen, without an official charge and without obligation to account for anyone, can access classified information has lit all alarms in the country.
Elon Musk’s “demon” mode. The “modus operandi” that has shown Doge during its first weeks of operation carries the Elon Musk personal stamp. Just observe minimally what happened when Elon Musk He took Twitter controleliminating functions and dismissing your staff, to find the same pattern in the “control” of Donald Trump that He has executed Doge In the last two weeks.
The Millionaire has used this system of harassment and demolition of the structure established in all its companies or projects. Your biographer defined This scenario as “demon mode”, in which Elon Musk orders to stop everything and eliminate all the unnecessary or superfluousregardless of whether some norms or regulations are breached in the process. As he quotes in his biography, Elon Musk considers these operations as “giving things to things and purging all the shit of the interior of the system.”
Work in “Extremely Hardcore” mode. When Elon Musk enters that “demon mode” demands a Extreme work commitmentliterally describing it as “Extremely Hardcore”. Again, something we already saw in the landing of Musk on Twitter.
Now, Doge’s team is also applying that extreme work discipline and has even mounted sleeping beds in the offices of the Blanca to the White House that became its headquarters, According to sources of The New York Times. As published by Musk, they are working Even weekends.
The US is not a company. Elon Musk applied that optimization exercise in Space X when he developed his First Merlin engineswith the Starlink satellites and with the Starship rocket. Tesla also suffered Musk’s “demon mode” when he faced the company bankruptcy If the Production rhythm of your Model 3. Elon Musk even He slept under the table of his office while I found formulas To optimize the assembly line.
The millionaire has applied these optimizations in all its companies using a policy of Challenge to regulationswhich left them exposed to sanctions. However, they are private companies and, as such, they must be aware of the risk of incurring these infractions and assuming the consequences. However, what Many wonder in the US It is whether the government of a country can afford that luxury.
Doge and officials. One of Doge’s first battles has been against officials, which began when the president He repealed the measures that protected career officials, those who carry out their work in the administration regardless of who governs.
Following the same pattern as on Twitter of 2022, it was sent An email more than two million officials under the matter “Fork in the Road” (bifurcation on the road). In that email, They were invited to give up just by responding to the mail in exchange for receiving the equivalent of your salary until September as compensation for dismissal. In 2022, mail trick It did not fullysince the company had to pay compensation to its ex -employed. In this case, it has not been too successful and the measure has been taken before the courts.
Some twenty -year -old engineers. Another aspect of Doge’s “control” has been the Young entourage, twenty -year -old They had been doing practices In Elon Musk companies. These “black men” of Doge entered the databases More sensitive from the administration without even showing a government employee credential, since Doge is an external consulting body, not a government agency. In fact, in many cases they refuse reveal their names.
To the officials who refused for a group of intruders They had access to the data that the Treasury Department has of millions of citizens, They were withdrawn from service. Treasury Secretary Scott Besent, He had to order To officials that allow access to the Musk team, since, remember, they are not government officials officially.
Trump triggered. Doge’s “control” has raised controversy both for its intimidating methods and for the legality of its actions. The recent one Total closure From the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Doge has made alarms jump of those who consider that neither Doge nor Donald Trump have the power of Close government agencies. According to him Article 1 of the Constitution That is a prerogative that It must be given from the Congresssomething that has not occurred.
Therefore, not only are they being questioned that “the black men” anonymous of Doge act in an opaque way by accessing the most sensitive databases of the government, but also put on the table if the own Trump would be overreach in their functions passing Above Congress’ competences.
Citizen Musk. In the midst of all this storm: Elon Musk. A private citizen who does not pay accounts for his acts and only responds to the president, who has given him free way to access all areas of the federal government. Will it cut the funds of NASA, from the SEC or FAA with the same lightness that you have used with USAID? It is difficult to define where the public service of the millionaire actions begins and where its private interests.
SPACE X receives huge amounts of NASA money and the increase in missions with the American space agency points to an upward trend in that financing route. In addition, Elon Musk has in his hand the survival of regulation agencies such as FAA that regulates precisely the spacex scope, so it becomes a judge and part, giving rise to a conflict of interest more than evident.
Trump He assured that It would keep Musk away from those areas in which a conflict of interest appears with Elon Musk or his companies. “Where we think there is a conflict or a problem, we will not allow you to approach. Something that many doubt that you can control given The operational power That Elon Musk has reached in the White House, turning his agenda into the presidential agenda.
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