There is an undeniable aura of arrogance at play when I watch Earth’s richest man make decisions that have a direct impact on ordinary Americans’ lives.
Elon Musk has taken his seat near the center of power in Washington, D.C., handing out orders to fire thousands of dedicated public servants. He sends them to the unemployment line not knowing if they will be able to buy groceries for the dinner table, pay for a child’s college tuition or just meet the financial requirements we all face as we go about living our lives.
What does Elon Musk know about any of that? Not a damn thing!
He’s worth something just south of a trillion bucks these days. Yet there he struts as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, slashing payrolls and denying Americans the chance to advance in careers they chose to pursue.
Donald Trump says Musk and his DOGE goons are hellbent to make government smaller and less corrupt. It is beyond absurd to realize that the administration has fired many of the inspectors general who are trained to root out the kind of corruption Trump insists is present in many government agencies. The DOGE gang is now relying on 20-something interns to do the work formerly done by trained professional government watchdogs.
This is making government “more efficient?” Hardly.
What we have here is an oligarch running amok … with the blessing of a POTUS who’s been impeached twice and convicted of 34 felonies. Oh, brother.