Musk’s minions are embedded, along with Trump political appointees, in the “deep state.” Vought will be their new and less turbulent leader.

Musk and his team of large toddlers at DOGE made waves back in February when they sent an email with the subject line “What did you do last week?” to every government employee, demanding they list five accomplishments that had been made over the previous week or face termination for failing to respond.