Elon Musk

Elon Musk may be floating the idea of establishing himself as the head of a new government institution if former United States president Donald Trump claims the Oval Office again in the November 2024 election.&nbsp;
True to form, Musk teased the idea in a meme on the X social media platform, featuring a double entendre referencing cryptocurrency and politics.
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The post featured what appears to be an AI-generated image of Musk seated behind a desktop placard with the letters “D.O.G.E.”&nbsp; printed on it. The image was accompanied by text reading “Department of Government Efficiency.”&nbsp;
Dogecoin reached a 24-hour high in the hours after Musk’s post, but as of Sept. 7, it has remained below previous weeks’ highs for the past seven days.
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<h2 id="musk-s-political-ambition">Musk’s political ambition</h2>
As Cointelegraph reported, Trump recently vowed to <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-vows-us-world-capital-crypto-taps-elon-musk-task-force" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">create a government efficiency commission</a>. Per the former commander-in-chief, the commission would be “tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government, making recommendations for drastic reforms.”&nbsp;
Musk retweeted a video of Trump’s remarks with his own commentary <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1831778370180329962" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">stating</a>, “This is badly needed.” The billionaire tech mogul appeared to commit to contributing to the political committee, though he stopped short of stating he’d accept an official government position.
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“I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises,” he posted, adding that “no pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”
<h2 id="government-efficiency">Government efficiency</h2>
It’s unclear if Musk is seriously considering a government position or even if the back-and-forth presented by the media holds any merit. Trump’s comments claiming that Musk had “agreed” to the position were framed within the notion that “he’s not very busy.”<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cz9sumikrlo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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 “Elon, because he is not very busy, has agreed to head that task force. If he has the time, he's a good one to do it and he has agreed to do it.”
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The comments that Musk is “not very busy” may well have been meant as a joke. Musk is currently the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, as well as the owner of Neuralink, The Boring Company and the X social media platform,&nbsp;
In just August and September (so far), he’s also been involved in <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="http://x.com" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">a high-profile conflict over the banning of X.com in Brazil</a>, accepted a challenge to physically <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-accepts-challenge-fight-president-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-mark-zuckerberg" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">fight Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro</a>, and <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-renews-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman-filing" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">renewed his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman</a>.&nbsp;
Whether Trump or Musk are seriously considering further collaboration may not become clear until after the November election results are sorted.&nbsp;
Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/presidential-debate-harris-trump-crypto" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">Advocates call for crypto to be discussed at US presidential debate</a>

Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ gov meme sends political speculation soaring

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