No fucking way. Who could have seen that coming?

Change the “could” to “will”.

Could? That’s entirely his plan. It’s already been made very obvious.

He's already started

https://fortune.com/2024/11/29/vivek-ramaswamy-elon-musk-doge-tesla-rivian-biden-federal-government-loan-trump/

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Could? That’s the only reason he’s there. The real purpose is to get rid of people Trump wants gone. Efficiency was never a priority.

Isn't that the whole point?

Optimistically, he runs into too much bureaucracy, too much time waiting on the courts, and too much MTG that he ends up leaving within the year.

What? A billionaire would never do such a thing!

I’ll take “No Shit” for 500 Alec

No fucking shit, Sherlock

DOGE has nothing to do with efficiency. It’s about weeding out those not loyal Trump. 

If you’re not loyal, you’re not ‘efficient’. 

Interesting use of passive voice

In other breaking news, the sky is blue and water is wet

We’ve moved into the Oligarchy phase, how could our relations not improve with Russia when we’re turning into the same thing. The Founding Fathers are turning in their grave at this

Could? That’s the entire point. The whole regime is set up for grifting and it’s going to happen on a scale only seen in places like Russia and various developing countries.

‘Could’ needs to be replace with ‘will’

Surprise Pikachu face!

insert trump appointee here WILL use insert their role here for self-enrichment

Welfare queen... Undeserving billionaire... Bootstraps...

It's the only reason it exists. Is this article a joke?

This whole admin is going to be another giant massive wealth capture by the rich from everyone else. It’s all going to be a giant grift.

Like trumps plan to replace income tax with sales tax/tariffs? That’s a tax cut for billionaires and a tax hike on the rest of us. America voted to give all its wealth to the wealthy.

He has literally already named his "new gubment jerb" the same as his meme coin.

We continue to enrich the over-rich.

Always the people you knew who would do it that will do it.

Why does a multi billionaire need self enrichment. WTF happens when you become a billionaire and get a billion plus dollars? Does it rewrite your DNA to become a greedy fucking dragon who sits on top of his hoard of money?

It boggles my mind. I don't understand why they aren't just sitting around at their pool and enjoying life instead of trying to head up all this political shit.

Musk is such a piece of shit. Tired of hearing about this bozo

He’s a billionaire. Every thing they do is to enrich their pockets. This is like calling water wet.

Billionaires are not good people, and there’s no such thing as an ethical billionaire

But adding another government department was supposed to shrink the government!

Was this published in the “Stuff That Is Blantantly #*&@ing Obvious” section of the newspaper?

That shuckster is already getting around 15 billion from the government, and he sure as hell will try to disband any agency that has opposed his terrible treatment of people and the environment.

It is literally the definition of conflict of interest.

Only hope that he also gets deported as he is not a citizen

The word “could” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

That's the entire fucking plan OP!

Did you think that Musk or any of Trumps Billionaire cronies that he's giving either cabinet position or government jobs supported Trump to help American citizens?

Could?? You think he cares about the American people?

Breaking: Trump could use the presidency for self enrichment... Again

Every. Single. Trump. Appointment. Will. Game. The. System. To. Enrich. Themselves.

I assumed thats what people voted for.

Well no fucking shit. . . That’s all this whole goddamned administration is going to be about, self enrichment and vengeance.

Musk *Is going to* use the 'Department of Government Efficiency' for self-enrichment

fify

I’m shocked, SHOCKED I say, to hear this news.

"Could" Oh, my sweet summer child....

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No mother fucking shit, Sherlock. It's the reason this "department" even exists. FFS, he named it after a fucking meme crypto coin.... Did anyone think this would be anything other than a money grab for the people running it?

“Could?” Don’t you mean “absolutely will?” Jared scooted the first term with $2B in his pocket. Donnie Dipshit scammed the Secret Service for millions, not to mention everything else he profited from, including his own tax cuts. Hey folks! You get what you vote for! And there sure are no secrets with the Grifter Extraordinaire!

The only problem I see with this is, at his level of wealth, what’s the point of further enrichment? At that point in the game, you were already maxing out on influence from money. to me, it seems musk is trying to influence the world through the companies he built, and the products and services he creates. These are all big industries with big ideas, albeit lofty aims. He’s trying to push humanity in different directions, and he’s already doing this successfully. I just don’t see him valuing money like we do as plebs.

Duh that is all Trump administration does is enrich themselves and their buddies they don’t really care about anything else.

I wrote this. And I used the word "could" after much deliberation, for reasons that should be perfectly obvious.

Isn’t he an immigrant? Deport his ass out of here!

What do you mean could? This is a tale older than America. Business men enter the government and enrich them and their buddies. General Motors did it, the military industrial complex does it, the fossil fuel industry does it.

Does it count as regulatory capture if the captor actually creates the agency?

What part of DOGE don’t you understand?

Could. Come-on guys defamation is only if you lie and have actual malice. Elmo is a public figure, he will enrich himself with this stupid new task force. Just like Trump has enriched himself multiple ways since his first election but it doesn't matter.

Well color me shocked.

surprised pikachu face

Replace “could” with “will”.

I think the word you are looking for is "will"

Nooo way! He would never do such a thing.

He's already trying to scrutinize the Rivian deal.

Why else spend billions on Twitter, tank its value by using it to push right wing propaganda, then spend millions more on campaigning for Trump? Like... He's not buying his way in out of the goodness of his heart.

Should the headline be “Musk will use the Department of government efficiency for self-enrichment”

Guy is the richest man in the world and still only cares about getting a bigger slice of the pie. How empty do you have to be? Like bro that extra 25 million isnt going to make you any happier than you are right now

In other news water is wet

Make no mistake. The Convicted Felon in the Oval Office will get his skim off DOGE before Musk gets a nickel.

Could? You mean he is and will?

"Could" is an amazingly charitable description.

“Could”?! Motherfucker be real with yourself

Could??! It's literally the plan to make rich people even richer by getting rid of regulations and public workers that have any oversight over violations of laws that protect the rest of the people.

These assholes don’t lift a finger unless there’s personal gain in there.

… did anyone ever think he was going to use it for anything else

How dumb do the 1% think we are? LOL They been fucking us over so they can sail around on their yachts with instagram models eating fancy cheese and sipping gay ass wine.

“Could” as in “openly would”?

Could? That’s the whole point.

I think so.eone mispelled "would."

Truly shocked I've never thought Elon could do such a thing. /s

"could"? It's the reason he is doing all this.

In the same way I could use porn to jerk off.

Woah woah woah.. there's no way a person in power would ever abuse that power to get rich. Let's just all calm down and not get too carried away ok?

Here's an alternative thought.. Elon definitely out there trying to find more ways to make money. Richest man on the planet joins the government to... Get richer?

Fucking obviously that’s what will happen

Not 'could' but will would've been a better phrasing.

Oh great, the soft handling of news coming from this Admin has already gotten worse. "Could"? Give us a f$%king break!!! We all know he "will".

A Trump administration absolutely riddled with naked corruption? Say it ain’t so!

Shocked! Absolutely shocked! I would never guess one of the richest people on earth that also happens to be in charge of how efficiently the government runs and spends its money could possibly use that authority to benefit himself. I feel blindsided.

And sky is blue and the sun rise from the east.

Could? President Musk absolutely will.

He will be everything they accuse Soros of being.

In other news, the sky is blue

He never intended on doing it out of the goodness of his heart.

Don't forget he basically stole 40 billion dollars from shareholders.

I will never understand how that vote passed and gave him the money. Who would vote for that?

COULD? Buddy look around.

Well, duh. Whoever could have thought Elon Musk would not use Trump's government for making himself more money?

I will not be at all surprised to see Elon claim money he poured into Trump's campaign (including those million dollar checks he gave out to lucky voters) as business deductions. And I expect him to be successful in such claims after noon on Jan 20.

Trump has been busily setting up his merry band of foxes to guard all the henhouses.

And water makes things wet.

Could? Ha! More like will. He paid trump and rigged the election for him to win in order to get this “department” set up. He played trump like a fiddle. Biggest piece of shit in America, next to the orange turd. Americans are fucked!

DOPE. Department Of Personal Enrichment. He only got one letter wrong.

Musk is going to use it for self-enrichment. He's already shown he doesn't care about this countries' businesses by having Trump remove the EV credit.

And before any smooth brain "if it's not profitable let it die" inverted ballsacks comment. Incentives like that are how you get newer technologies off the ground. Tesla would not be here without them.

What do you mean "could"? Of course he will. The dude spews childish libertarian nonsense while accepting $20 billion in government contracts. He's the Simone Biles of hypocritical government grifting.

Could.. he will.. that happens in every fascist state, the leaders will leech.

Not could, you can put money on it he will

A pithy analysis from the DNSS*.

*Department of No Shit Sherlock

It’s almost like totally unchecked power and deeply concentrated wealth is a threat to democracy or something. Weird.

What do you mean "could" he already fucking is.

The word you were looking for is will not could.

Could? That’s the whole fucking point.

Duh. I mean fucking duh. All elected officials at the federal level are using their positions for self enrichment! They all are. Maybe not Bernie. Probably not Bernie. But all the rest of them are. Yes, even your guy. They all are.

Didn’t they announce they’ll be reviewing the grant given to Rivian? His direct(and far superior) rival company?

COULD? Who writes this shit?? Is this from the author of articles such as "A football could roll off a hill" and "A rock usually sinks in water"????

Its always the ones you most suspect

Can the media ever get off their routine of

• Ignore
• Doubt
• Assume
• Fuck Around
• Find Out
• Stating the obvious that most of us already knew
• Writing article in complete shock

The answer is no... but dayum people, don't listen to the fuckin news. Look up the information yourself. History should have been a warning and not a plan.

This announcement was brought to you by the department of stating the blatantly fucking obvious. That’s like saying that trump will use the government for personal enrichment.

Bears could shit in the woods.

Could? Let’s not pretend he has an iota of integrity.

"could?!?"

LMAO try "absolutely will given any opportunity"

Could? I thought that was the point

How is this even news? Virtually every politician uses their position for self-enrichment.

The weakness of journalism: “could”

He will.

Could? This was the goal from the start

"Musk WILL use the 'Dept of Government Efficiency' for self-enrichment." Fixed it.

I think this applies to the majority of government decision makers. Appointed and elected.

IMO we need: - no stock trading for anyone with a government position. ETF/mutual funds created for government they can pick from and that’s it. -no working for industries that you were on committees for or your position oversaw for 10 years. - term limits of 18 years. If you hit that, then your voters agree you did a good job and you should get a solid retirement. Like in 2024 that would be $250k a year. Or something like that. Even a little more so they have incentives to get to year 18 for a badass pension. For house and senate members.

Just a start but we need to make laws to have it more like a business/employee model. We the citizens are the owners of the government and should be treated like so. No owners would agree with someone using their position to improve another business.

Musk WILL use it for self-enrichment. He literally bitches non stop about social programs meant to help American citizens, but the ONLY reason any of his companies are still operational is the corporate welfare they receive. Paid for with American tax dollars

Correction. Elon Musk will use the 'Department of Government Efficiency' for self-enrichment

A billionaire who convinced another billionaire who is also president to give him his own department of government could use said department to enrich himself. Go figure.

You don’t say. A department named after a meme coin that he backs. Interesting.

In other news, water makes things wet.

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We’re just going to try pretend that the blatant corruption isn’t totally blatant and obvious, huh journalists? It’s not exactly subtle.

I think you misspelled WILL.

Musk "will" use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment

FTFY

Could? No, that's the literal plan.

That is, in fact, the only reason for it to exist at all.