Donald Trump this week backed the creation of a “government efficiency commission” that he wants Elon Musk to lead.”At the suggestion of Elon Musk, who has given me his complete and total endorsement … I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump said during a speech at the Economic Club of New York.Musk responded on X. “I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises,” the billionaire wrote. “No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”
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As The Wall Street Journal points out, this would likely be a conflict of interest as many of the agencies that Musk would be auditing are responsible for regulating his companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, the latter of which has multiple government contracts.Musk publicly endorsed Trump in mid-July and hosted the former president for a glitchy, live audio event on X last month. During the interview, Trump praised Musk for firing workers attempting to strike. The praise landed the two in hot water with the UAW, which filed federal labor charges.
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Musk has since spent time trolling Kamala Harris’ campaign on X any chance he gets.Trump and Musk have worked together in an official capacity before. During his first term, Musk joined Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum, which was formed to advise the president on job creation, and also included the CEOs of IBM and GM. He later dropped out after Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement. “Climate change is real,” Musk said at the time. “Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.”
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Hello, my name is Joe and I am a tech blogger. My first real experience with tech came at the tender age of 6 when I started playing Final Fantasy IV (II on the SNES) on the family’s living room console. As a teenager, I cobbled together my first PC build using old parts from several ancient PCs, and really started getting into things in my 20s. I served in the US Army as a broadcast journalist. Afterward, I served as a news writer for XDA-Developers before I spent 11 years as an Editor, and eventually Senior Editor, of Android Authority. I specialize in gaming, mobile tech, and PC hardware, but I enjoy pretty much anything that has electricity running through it.
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