Commentary
The involvement of Elon Musk in the upcoming Trump administration has become one of the most intriguing developments to come out of the U.S. election.
Musk’s role in the campaign was seen as an important component to Donald Trump’s second win at the presidency earlier this month. The world’s richest man put time, energy, and resources into identifying key areas and targeting voters needed to get the win, and then he went all-in on organizing and pulling the vote.
Now, all eyes are on the role Musk will play moving forward as Trump assumes the presidency. A week after the Nov. 5 election, the president-elect announced that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would be the co-leads of a new entity called the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s widely known by its acronym DOGE, which is also a nod to the cryptocurrency Dogecoin….