Elon Musk in a Trump administration?

During his speech to the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump expressed his intention to appoint billionaire Elon Musk to head a special commission tasked with achieving comprehensive government reform. Does Musk’s new position represent another step towards realizing the Project 2025 agenda?

While Trump has recently tried to distance himself from Project 2025, the guide developed by various right-wing groups for an ultra-conservative government, some are linking the drastic measures it proposes to the new duties assigned to Musk in a possible Trump administration, comparing them to the recommendations of Project 2025.

According to Trump, the commission’s mission would be to conduct a thorough review of the federal government’s finances and performance, with the ultimate goal of implementing major reforms within the U.S. government.

This seems to align with the proposals of Project 2025, which advocates reform aimed at shrinking the federal government. Suggested measures include the elimination of several agencies, such as the Department of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The remaining departments would be largely privatized, including the Transportation Security Administration.

Trump claims that this initiative is necessary, as he believes that government spending is unsustainable. However, he didn’t seem to care about this issue during his first term, during which he added around $7.8 trillion to the US national debt!

Musk claimed that the commission would be able to target wasteful spending and streamline the activities of federal agencies, but Trump and Musk provided few details about how it would work. It’s concerning to see Musk potentially head a large-scale government commission, given the way he runs his companies, particularly X (formerly Twitter).

Since Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in October 2022, the company’s value has declined considerably. According to recent estimates, Twitter’s value has plummeted from nearly $40 billion to around $15 billion, representing a loss in value of around $25 billion.

This decline is attributed to a number of factors, including management changes, mass layoffs, as well as controversies related to the management of the platform and Elon Musk’s controversial comments. These statements, often made on social networks, have also preoccupied Tesla’s board, which has had to deal with turbulence for the company, such as investigations by regulators and significant fluctuations in the share price.

Over the past year, Trump and Musk, increasingly embroiled in controversy, have become friends. For some, this new collaboration portends a duo more evil than dynamic…