Before Donald Trump re-entered the White House last month, his top donor Elon Musk’s grand plan to slash trillions of dollars in US government spending appeared to consist of little more than a logo of a dog wearing sunglasses, and a stream of provocative social media posts.
But behind the scenes, the richest man on the globe had quietly recruited tech executives and a slew of young coders, who would quickly deliver shock treatment to one of the world’s largest bureaucracies.
Emissaries from Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency have infiltrated major agencies, fired or suspended tens of thousands of civil servants, and gained access to reams of sensitive security, health and financial data.
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