Donald Trump is moving fast, and yet the Swamp Empire is striking back.
The President-elect has asked two key supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. Their mission: Cut federal spending by $2 trillion.
In response, defenders of the status quo are ready to repel. The Washington Post snipes that Musk would “apply slash-and-burn business ideologies to the U.S. government.” The Hill ran a headline stating that “Musk’s bold plans for ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ face roadblocks,” which quoted four D.C. experts saying it couldn’t—or shouldn’t—be done. Other publications call DOGE a “joke,” and “dumb and dangerous.”
Elon Musk’s post about DOGE on X is displayed on an iPhone. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
On the airwaves, MSNBC’s Alex Wagner and George…
