https://reason.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-who-supposedly-is-running-doge-is-not-officially-in-charge-of-anything/The presidential adviser’s lack of formal authority complicates his cost-cutting mission.

By JACOB SULLUM 

Elon Musk at a Donald Trump rally in Madison Square Garden | Jen Golbeck/Zuma Press/Newscom

(Jen Golbeck/Zuma Press/Newscom)

By now, you have heard a lot about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiative. You also know about billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s work in connection with DOGE, including his attempts to correct sloppy payment practices, cancellation of dubious federal contracts, and efforts to reduce the federal work force by laying off recent hires and paying employees to quit. But what, exactly, is DOGE, and what role, exactly, does Musk play within that entity?

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