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Trump ‘To Appoint Musk’ To Gov’t Efficiency Role If Elected(www.silicon.co.uk)

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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.

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LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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The guy who lost $35B in a year and destroyed the business model - that guy?

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Billiam@lemmy.world
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I mean, depending on what your goals are, that could very well be described as efficient.

Like, if your goal is to destroy the American government, could anyone do it more efficiently than Elmo?

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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the guy that lead the Cyber Truck project? that guy?

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can@sh.itjust.works
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Fits nicely with Trump’s reputation

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Furbag@lemmy.world
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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.

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

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shplane@lemmy.world
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Betsy Devos but worse

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Myxomatosis@lemmy.world
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Elon needs to get back to his CEO duties of abusing ketamine and shitposting on twitter all day long.

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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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Musk is CEO of 3 companies and has the time for a Government job?

Being CEO is a part time job.

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Billiam@lemmy.world
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Isn’t it at least 5?

SpaceX

Tesla

Twitter

Neuralink

Boring Company

Now tell me that being a CEO is such a hard and stressful job that one man could be in charge of five companies.

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Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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You know what would happen if I did my job for five different companies?

I’d get fired.

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militaryintelligence@lemmy.world
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People like that consider being on the phone working. Flying on a plane, working.

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Billiam@lemmy.world
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Golfing? Working.

Shitposting on Twitter? Working.

Doing rails of ketamine? Working

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M600@lemmy.world
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Someone did a study on this and found that ceos typically count their working hours as anything that is related to work including commuting. Picking up dry cleaning, even lunches since you have them with clients or are allowed to eat at your desk.

If we counted our hours the same way, then we would count things like preparing lunch and doing laundry.

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Today@lemmy.world
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I had to scroll up to see if it was The Onion.

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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I’ve been saying for a few years now that I don’t blame anyone anymore for biting the onion. It is FAR TOO HARD to figure out what is life being absurd, and what is an absurd satire headline.

The lines aren’t blurred anymore. There are no lines. The lines have ceased to exist at this point.

I don’t understand life anymore, and I’d like to go back to politics being boring instead of being a circus.

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skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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And that’s assuming the headline you’re reading even has any bearing on the actual article, or that the article itself is factual, both of which are increasingly more common worries now.

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