The tycoon Elon Musk launched an advertisement this Thursday on social networks to recruit gifted people willing to work more than 80 hours a week in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, in English) that he will direct to advise the president-elect, donald trumpin public spending cuts.
“We need high-IQ revolutionaries willing to work more than 80 hours a week to reduce costs,” the DOGE account detailed in a message published on Musk owns.
The new department will be led by Elon Musk and Trumpist businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who participated in the primaries for the Republican nomination. The DOGE indicated in its message that Musk and Ramaswamy They will review the top 1% of resumes that they receive through direct messages on the X platform.
Trump announced this Tuesday the creation of this office that “will provide advice and guidance from outside the Government and will partner with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget for push for large-scale structural reforms and create an entrepreneurial approach to government never seen before.” DOGE’s mission will conclude no later than July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the country’s independence. USA.
Musk’s appointment as head of this office was an open secret from the campaign, although the announcement of Ramaswamy as co-director was surprising. Appointing two people to head an efficiency office has been cause for criticism and ridicule on social networks.