Meet DOGES patriotic Musketeers led by Elon and the belief that America needs their expertise, now
Most Americans know very little about Elon Musk’s team of brainiacs at the Department of Government Efficiency, and may have misconceptions about who they are.However, Bret Baier’s interview with Musk and seven of his lieutenants at DOGE last week shed a welcome light on these unfamiliar names.For starters, they look nothing like the image that has taken hold in the public imagination, driven by a story in Wired about a group of pimply teenage nerds with online nicknames like “Big Balls” running riot through government systems.Instead, we saw seven highly accomplished, respectable adults, all but one in a suit and tie.They are friends of Musk that he has tapped as “tech support” for the federal government, at least for the 130 days he has committed himself to.Some work in his companies.
At least one is a self-made billionaire in his own right.The last thing they need is a federal government job.
They don’t speak like partisan activists but like the successful engineers and businesspeople they are.They may well be Democrats, like Musk once was, but you wouldn’t know it, and nor should it matter.They have volunteered to fix the antiquated computer systems and operations of the federal government and safeguard them from fraud and waste because, like Musk, they believe America is in dire need of their expertise and can-do energy.These are the seven Musketeers:Joe Gebbia, the billionaire co-founder of Airbnb and a close friend of Musk, has volunteered at DOGE to modernize the retirement process for federal government employees, contributing what he calls his “designer brain and start-up spirit.”“I loved the challenge, so I jumped on board,” he told Baier.
“We’re taking the best of Silicon Valley and the business world and bringing it into the government . . .I’m here because it’s an interesting problem.
We can use design and good engineering to solve it and really create a better experience for everybody.”He described an undergro...