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    Where did the idea for the Trump DOGE agency come from? Well, from Elon Musk

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    Here’s a brief history of the Department of Public Efficiency and how it ultimately became one of the most striking announcements of the Trump transition.

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    President-elect Donald Trump served Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Along with leading a panel called the Department of Government Efficiency to streamline the US government. Details will follow below, but here’s what we know about the birth of DOGE.

    It’s an idea that Musk, the $314 billion man, proposed more than three months ago.

    Musk, whose companies include electric car manufacturer Tesla and commercial space company SpaceX, has a deep knowledge of NASA and the Pentagon. contracts for rockets and satellites and other space operations.

    He became the chief of Tesla and Space X a much more visible figure Government efficiency has become a high-profile talking point on Trump’s agenda in the final stages of the 2024 campaign. Third White House run.

    Here’s a brief history of the Department of Public Efficiency and how it became one of the most striking announcements of the Trump transition.

    Where exactly did this idea come from?

    Generally speaking, major budget actions are the responsibility of Congress. The legislature may or may not take advice from external panels, such as the proposed efficiency panel.

    The proposal to review government spending was first announced by Musk in August. I already support Trump’s candidacyHe hosted a conversation with the former president on X, the online platform formerly known as Twitter, which he bought for $44 billion in 2022.

    During the speech, Musk blamed the country inflation spiral It’s about the Biden administration’s federal government spending, even though the Trump administration also contributed trillions of dollars in red ink to the debt.

    But Trump turned to energy production.

    Musk later proposed creating a “government efficiency commission” to review federal budget spending to eliminate what he called wasteful spending, but did not offer specific examples.

    Returning to the topic, Musk said, “Sure, but let’s get back to this basic thing that people try to complicate, but that’s not the case; inflation is caused by government overspending.” “Do you agree that we should look at government spending and have a government efficiency commission that tries to rationalize spending so that the country can live within its means?”

    Was Trump immediately convinced by the idea?

    Trump didn’t address Musk’s idea much during the Aug. 12 speech; except to offer an anecdote about how he said he reduced the price of a new Air Force One by $1.6 billion.

    The former president instead blamed inflation on energy costs and Biden’s policies. His solution to inflation was not to reduce government spending. Instead, he repeated his call to expand drilling to lower consumer product costs.

    In particular, Trump insisted that the United States has sufficient energy reserves that should be exploited. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 19 million acres of untouched wilderness in Alaska.

    Trump warmed to the idea as Musk became a major backer

    Trump’s fiscal plan focused on tax cuts (including eliminating federal income taxes on workers’ tips), but as Musk stood out at rallies and poured $100 million into the Trump campaign, the GOP candidate began talking about the government’s efficiency committee.

    In mid-October, Trump appeared on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show. When the host said, “There’s so much fat in the government that you might want to lose weight,” Trump replied, “Incredibly fat.”

    Trump then described how he sees a key role for Musk in targeting federal budget cuts because “he’s dying to do it.”

    He added: “But you know what, he’s a great businessman and a great cost cutter. You saw that. And he said, ‘I can cut costs without affecting anyone.'”

    Musk warns of ‘challenges’ from federal cost cuts

    Musk not only wooed Trump on the issue, but also pitched the issue directly to voters at Trump rallies.

    “Your money is being wasted,” Musk said at the rally held at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, which attracted attention mostly because of the speech of a comedian. Rude joke about Puerto Rico. “We will take the government off your back and out of your pocket.”

    Musk told the crowd at the rally that he could eliminate “at least $2 trillion.” He did not say where some of these cuts would be made, but $2 trillion makes up roughly 30 percent of the more than $6 trillion annual federal budget.

    Musk acknowledged this reduction in spending and programs It would cause “temporary difficulties” for Americans.

    No specs but “DOGE” gets a lot of search engines

    A report from research group Cases.gg, which conducted a survey on Dogecoin searches, revealed international searches for Dogecoin. cryptocurrencyApple, promoted by Musk, reached 667,410 on November 12, following the announcement made by the Trump transition team.

    Search volume is up 777% from the daily average four weeks ago. This increase comes after Trump appointed Musk and Ramaswamy to head the new Department of Government Efficiency, called “DOGE.”

    Antonio Fins is the politics and business editor. Palm Beach PostPart of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at [email protected]. Support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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