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“Fight Fight Fight!<\/strong> \u201d chanted Donald Trump to his crowd of supporters as he escaped a sniper’s bullet last September.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With his new Department of Government Efficiency entrusted to two billionaires, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy<\/strong>, the fight is likely to be of a different nature, akin to the MMA bout that should have pitted the boss of Tesla against the boss of Meta: \u201cdismantling government bureaucracy\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And this Terminator job<\/strong> looks set to be a lucrative one<\/strong>. Elon Musk<\/strong>‘s support of the red-tie Republican’s victorious campaign has seen his personal fortune grow by $20 billion.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the richest man in the world<\/strong> – in regular intermittence with Bernard Arnault and Jeff Bezos – isn’t the only one<\/strong> to see his support in a fundamentally pro-business, anti-immigration 47th president rewarded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n They’re both as narcissistic and touchy-feely as each other, yet so far they’ve found each other well enough to earn a few perks for services rendered. A fervent supporter of Donald Trump’s campaign<\/strong>, Elon Musk contributed $119 million<\/strong> to help elect his champion via a Super PAC<\/strong>, a political organization responsible for campaigning… and raising funds for a candidate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On November 12<\/strong>, Elon Musk inherited a ministerial position within the new Trump administration<\/strong>, that of supervisor of the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d.<\/strong> This new body, which goes by theacronym DOGE<\/strong>, a nod to Elon Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, is tasked with \u201cdismantling government bureaucracy\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nA Terminator in government…<\/h2>\n