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Elon Musk teases on government role with cryptic meme

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  • Elon Musk hints at potentially leading a new government agency if Trump wins the 2024 election.
  • Trump has pledged to create a government efficiency commission to audit and reform federal operations.
  • Peter Leyden says Elon represents a trend of tech giants who believe they can revolutionize government.

 

 

Elon Musk has sparked speculation about potentially leading a new government agency if former President Donald Trump were to win the Oval Office again in the November 2024 election. In his signature style, Musk hinted at the idea with a meme on the social media platform X, featuring a double-entendre that plays on both cryptocurrency and politics.

The post showcased what appears to be an AI-generated image of Musk sitting behind a desk with a placard reading “D.O.G.E.”, which stands for “Department of Government Efficiency.” The image was accompanied by the text “Department of Government Efficiency.”

Following Musk’s post, Dogecoin saw a 24-hour peak, though it remained below the highs of the past week at the time of this article’s publication.

Trump’s “efficiency vision” inspires Musk’s support

Trump has recently pledged to establish a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a comprehensive financial and performance audit of the federal government and recommending substantial reforms. 

Musk retweeted a video of Trump’s announcement with a comment expressing that such a commission is “badly needed.” While Musk showed support for the initiative, he did not explicitly state that he would take on an official government role.

Musk said he looks forward to serving America if the opportunity arises,” adding that “no pay, no title, no recognition will be needed.”

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Elon’s potential involvement with Trump sparks speculation

The seriousness of Elon’s potential involvement or whether this media-driven back-and-forth holds any substance remains unclear. Trump’s remarks about the co-founder and CEO of Tesla agreeing to lead the task force were framed in a context suggesting that “he’s not very busy.”

Trump stated that since Elon is not very busy, he has agreed to head that task force. Trump continued to say that if he has the time, he’s a good one to do it, and he has agreed to do it.

The comment about Musk being “not very busy” may have been made in jest. Musk, who is currently the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, and owns Neuralink, The Boring Company, and X, has been notably active. In recent months alone, he’s been embroiled in a high-profile conflict over the ban of X in Brazil, accepted a challenge to physically fight Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and renewed his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman.

 Peter Leyden, founder of the strategic foresight firm Reinvent Futures and a former managing editor at Wired, commented on the developments:

Elon is the latest example of a totally gearheaded, engineering-brained, Silicon Valley guy who looks at government and says, ‘How hard can it be? Let me look at it, and I can solve it for you. There’s been many of these characters before, and he’s just the latest.

Peter Leyden

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