Rachel Maddow Nails Brutal Metaphor For Elon Musk’s Impact On Government
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And it's not the black eye the tech billionaire sported during his final day as a special government employee in Donald Trump's administration.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday dismissed Elon Musk’s black eye ― visible last week during his final day as a special government employee ― as the defining metaphor of the chaos he’s left behind in Washington.
Instead, Maddow suggested the world’s richest person’s time running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), aimed at slashing public spending, could be better summed up by the destruction its employees wreaked at the independent, non-profit U.S. Institute of Peace.
DOGE members allegedly fired staff, wiped IT systems and canceled contracts after taking the organization’s building by force, said Maddow. After a federal judge ruled DOGE’s actions as illegal, she said, staff returned to reportedly find water damage, evidence of rats and even marijuana allegedly left behind.
“It’s just pure pointlessness and waste,” said Maddow. “Yes, the black eye was cute, but may I suggest that this is perhaps more on the nose as the legacy of what the Trump administration has done through Trump’s top campaign donor, Elon Musk, as Elon Musk leaves Washington.”
“A building seized pointlessly. Shut down pointlessly. Left to be infested by vermin. All so its rightful owners can eventually come back and have to put it all back together again. For no reason at all. I think that’s a better metaphor,” she added.
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