US presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would appoint Elon Musk to head a government efficiency commission if he is elected to office in November.

“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 told the Economic Club of New York.

  • @Furbag
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    Translation: “I got an endorsement and a lot of money from Elon Musk, so I’m giving him a government job as a kickback where he can “regulate” his own businesses to enrich himself even further at the expense of literally every other American.”

    Oh man, I can’t see a conflict of interest at all. Nope, no siree.

    • @Freefall
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      146 days ago

      He is maintaining his record of putting the worst possible person he can find in positions of power.

    • @shplane
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      96 days ago

      Betsy Devos but worse

  • @Freefall
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    467 days ago

    Our government isn’t a meme you incel fuck. That clown is exhausting.

  • Bizzle
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    296 days ago

    Imagine if the people in charge of our country took it seriously instead of whatever this clown show is.

    Can’t wait to vote Kamala, and least she won’t make things worse.

  • @WrenFeathers
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    So, he basically bought himself a job in our government. I kinda want to say that’s illegal, but this is the circus we live in now. Complaining about the clowns is probably a waste of time at this point

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    I think hiring the CEO of MULTIPLE Businesses who bought a WEBSITE for $44000000000 and has MULTIPLE Government Contracts to a Government Role is a BIGLY SMART Move with LITERALLY no Downside or room for Swampy Activity!

    • @[email protected]
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      137 days ago

      He’s good at promising without delivering, which is great if your idea of government efficiency is “have the best press while embezzling tons of money”.

      • RubberDuck
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        67 days ago

        The Russian state should be a warning not a guide to model after.

    • @ralakus
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      116 days ago

      Vote for Harris *

      Any vote not to Harris be it third party or otherwise is a vote for Trump. A third party cannot win in our current First Past the Poll system

      • @T00l_shed
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        76 days ago

        I hate that it’s the reality. Fptp is so anti democratic.

        • @[email protected]
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          https://fairvoteaction.org/

          e: FairVote Action, a non-partisan group working towards election reform.

          Join to help them grow and give this issue a larger voice, and don’t wait until autumn 2027 (which is often what happens and which is too late). This needs a sustained and noisy effort so those in charge are made to start listening.

          I’ve started name checking them in threads such as this one for visibility. I’d like to see this problem addressed as soon as possible, and it ain’t fixing itself.

        • @[email protected]
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          46 days ago

          Then organize a ballot measure for RCV or your preferred alternate system. Too late for this November but you can do something for future elections at least at the state level.

          • @T00l_shed
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            25 days ago

            Not a yank, but yes. Electoral reform was promised, but never happened. I’m pissed.

      • @WrenFeathers
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        46 days ago

        It seriously baffles me that there are still people that don’t understood very simple and easy to understand fact. Especially when it’s been explained to them ad nauseam.

        I’m beginning to think it’s willful ignorance on their part.

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          They’re either Trump supporters, have foreign interests, or are so fucking brainwashed they’d rather throw the whole country away than admit they don’t understand American civics

          Unfortunately as long as we have FPTP and the electoral college we aren’t a democracy

  • @VantaBrandon
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    136 days ago

    So if Trump is elected the USA will be run like Twitter

  • NegativeNull
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    297 days ago

    He just wants to be able to shut down the FAA, who keeps enforcing rules he doesn’t like (and SpaceX keeps breaking)

  • @[email protected]
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    116 days ago

    That’s fine, I already have a million reasons to vote against him, what’s a million and one?

  • Ænima
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    187 days ago

    That tracks as they’re both petulant children who know nothing about running a business…except how to torpedo them with their own hubris and ineptitudes after losing gobs of money. Hopefully, after this exhausting and long-winded election cycle is over we can never hear their stupid names or voices again!

  • @GoofSchmoofer
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    237 days ago

    His way of making the government efficient will be to just have no bid contracts go to all of his businesses.

    • @[email protected]
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      67 days ago

      Which is the safest thing to do since he has name recognition…

      Source: I worked in a contracting office and literally these words have been spoken by almost every contracting official.

  • @yesman
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    I’m getting really sick of the “conventional wisdom” that government is inefficient and wasteful when compared to private industry. Medicare for example can provide more healthcare per dollar than any private insurer despite subsidizing that industry.

    Profit and marketing are inefficiencies because they add cost but no value.

    • @[email protected]
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      Government is inefficient if you elect people who believe it is and set out to prove it.

      People who say “run things like a business” don’t know shit. Every job I’ve worked at has had tremendous waste, but no one was looking closely because it’s private.

      Like, right wing nut jobs would lose their shit if they learned a government office was buying fresh fruits for workers but most of it was going bad and being thrown out. But that happened every day for a while.

      There’s also been a lot of “why is this machine still running? How much are we paying AWS for this??”

      There’s also been a lot of "we don’t need to do accessibility on our website because most of our customers don’t care, and no one’s making us ".

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      47 days ago

      Yep, exactly. Also, look at how the USPS works.

      Republican chuds: “Big Guvmit can’t do anything right, it’s the worst, they are hurting my freedom, argle bargle!”

      Also Republican chuds: “Back the blue (unless they break up a terrorist action called in by our former failed president) and our military is the bestest and shiniest in the whole wide WURLD!”

  • @ATDA
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    Didn’t Trump fill that roll by just not filling a huge portion of the government?

  • @Etterra
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    157 days ago

    Dear Donald J. Numbskull: the fact that Elon never sleeps and kisses your ass does not mean he’s efficient, or even understands the concept.

    • @uienia
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      Trump has never cared about hiring people who are efficient. He hires them if they pay him. His administration was filled with industry representatives, who were in positions where they decided regulation of their own businesses. Corruption all the way down.