THE DAILY BEAST
Donald Trump has repeatedly teased a possible role in his administration for Musk despite his increasingly erratic behavior.
What began as perhaps a slow dance between the Republican presidential candidate and his top Silicon Valley backer now appears to be seriously hotting up, with talk of a possible role for Elon Musk on a Trump commission to combat “government inefficiency.”
For the past few months, Donald Trump has apparently been toying with the idea, should he win the presidency in November, of bringing together top business leaders to consult on whether to ax potentially thousands of government programs, according to the Washington Post.
In response to the report’s speculations that Musk would likely find himself top of that list, the Tesla CEO posted on X, formerly Twitter: “I can’t wait. There is a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go.”
It’s not the first time the pair have floated the idea. In an interview with Reuters on Aug. 20, Trump told reporters he “certainly would” consider the possibility of granting Musk a job in his government. Musk then replied with a post in which he said “I am willing to serve,” featuring an AI-generated snap of himself standing in front of a podium marked “Department of Government Efficiency.”
The particular bent of Musk’s prospective role in Trump’s administration was further shored up during a two-hour call on X, when Musk told Trump “I think it would be great to just have a government efficiency commission,” adding that he’d be “happy to help out.”
