Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are applying Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” ethos to the US government.
There is a fire hose of developments as the men work quickly to reimagine elements of the federal government, purge officials they don’t like or trust, literally open floodgates in California and exert new power before constitutional checks and balances or public opinion catch up with them.
A special new employee
Musk, it was revealed Monday, has been appointed as a special government employee who can serve for up to 130 days in a 365-day period.