In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.
“Right now, he’s bulletproof,” a Republican operative said of Musk, the 53-year-old billionaire businessman who is leading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. Several Republican insiders and conservative activists, who requested anonymity to discuss both Musk and the president, offered similar views.
Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions about its legality.
Air Force None After leaving the federal government's operations in shambles and causing major confusion over healthcare funding, SpaceX CEO and White House advisor Elon Musk is prioritizing the delivery of a pair of luxurious Boeing 747s so he and president Donald Trump can jet around in style.
Elon Musk says he has been sleeping at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headquarters, according to a Wired exclusive. President Donald Trump tapped Musk to lead the newly created agency, located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, to " maximize governmental efficiency and productivity."
A former employee of Microsoft, Krishnan will collaborate with David O. Sacks, co-founder of PayPal and CEO of Yammer, to ensure America's leadership in AI and shape national AI policy. This appointment is a testament to Krishnan's career in technology and innovation, further emphasising SRMIST's legacy of nurturing global leaders.
Krishnan's AI expertise and contributions to the tech industry make him qualified to propel the United States into what Google CEO, Sundar Pichai described as a 'Golden Age of American Innovation' when congratulating President-elect Trump.
In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the subject line: “A fork in the road.” Now he’s turned his attention to the US government,
The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.