When he is not sharing memes of himself as a conquering Roman centurion or shrieking while brandishing a chain saw onstage at a CPAC conference, Elon Musk occasionally adopts the pose of a reasonable moderate offering an open hand of compromise that Democrats slap away.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday expanding the powers of Elon Musk’s federal spending task force, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The order announces a “transformation” that will compel agencies to build a centralized system recording every one of their contract,

The US government is set for a major financial overhaul as Donald Trump signs an executive order expanding the power of Elon Musk’s efficiency program, known as the department of government efficiency (Doge).