{"id":3937,"date":"2025-02-04T20:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musks-x-becomes-weapon-in-government-cost-cutting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T20:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:16:50","slug":"elon-musks-x-becomes-weapon-in-government-cost-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musks-x-becomes-weapon-in-government-cost-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As Elon Musk digs into the federal bureaucracy in his crusade to slash government spending, he has a tool that no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/03\/technology\/elon-musk-x-election.html\" title=\"\">own giant social media platform<\/a> to debate, shame and bludgeon anyone who stands in his way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the inauguration, Mr. Musk has attacked journalists and X users for posting the names of people working with him, calling it \u201ca crime.\u201d He\u2019s accused Treasury Department officials of \u201cbreaking the law every hour of every day.\u201d And Mr. Musk has mocked Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, as \u201chysterical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Mr. Musk celebrated his progress, posting <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/usaid-foreign-aid-musk.html\" title=\"\">he had fed the U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>, the government\u2019s lead agency for humanitarian aid, \u201cinto the wood chipper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And on Tuesday, Mr. Musk began a poll on X: \u201cWould you like DOGE to audit the IRS?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The comments show how Mr. Musk, who unlike traditional government figures rarely holds news conferences or speaks to reporters, is using his social media site as a powerful tool to promote his goals as part of the Trump administration. Since the inauguration, Mr. Musk has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/03\/technology\/elon-musk-x-election.html\" title=\"\">unleashed a barrage of posts<\/a> to his more than 215 million followers, promoting conspiratorial rumors about his adversaries, pressuring senators to confirm the president\u2019s cabinet picks, and weighing in on foreign elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On top of that, Mr. Musk\u2019s account is becoming one of the few sources for information about the billionaire\u2019s secretive stampede to slash the federal budget, an initiative he calls the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">X has given Mr. Musk an unusual avenue to showcase his unapologetically confrontational approach to cost cutting in a way that appeals to Mr. Trump\u2019s base, tech policy experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe performative aspect of this is key. It\u2019s a big part of what populism is,\u201d said Sarah Kreps, the director of the Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute. \u201cTo be able to have this very visible shake-up really is important to the constituency that rose the administration to power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk and a spokeswoman for the cost-cutting initiative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk\u2019s transformation of X into his political megaphone began <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/03\/technology\/elon-musk-x-election.html\" title=\"\">when he bought the social media company<\/a> in October 2022. The next year, he became the most followed person on the site. Engagement with his posts has since mushroomed, according to X\u2019s metrics, making him <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/03\/technology\/elon-musk-x-election.html\" title=\"\">the loudest voice on the platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, Mr. Musk, who is chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/musk-federal-government.html\" title=\"\">charged into his new role<\/a> to cut government spending, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/12\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-doge-government-trump.html\" title=\"\">swiftly moving to transform<\/a> at least half a dozen government agencies, challenging congressional authority and potentially breaching civil service protections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His project has worked to shut down U.S.A.I.D. Leaders of the cost-cutting initiative have also pushed out top officials there and at the Treasury Department who objected to the actions of his representatives, and ended leases on government office spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As part of those efforts, Mr. Musk has used his X account to critique federal agencies in his cross hairs. U.S.A.I.D. is \u201cevil\u201d and \u201ca criminal organization,\u201d Mr. Musk wrote in separate posts on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lawmakers including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and Mr. Schumer have accused Mr. Musk of overreach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Early Tuesday, Mr. Musk reposted a comment by Mr. Schumer, who said Congress must stop what amounted to an unauthorized hostile takeover of the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHysterical reactions like this is how you know that DOGE is doing work that really matters,\u201d Mr. Musk said in response to Mr. Schumer. \u201cThis is the one shot American people have to defeat BUREAUcracy, rule of the bureaucrats, and restore DEMOcracy, rule of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk\u2019s business portfolio, which relies in part on government contracts and subsidies, has raised conflict-of-interest concerns, although Mr. Trump has brushed off those fears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Ms. Ocasio-Cortez criticized Mr. Musk\u2019s conflicts of interest, Mr. Musk replied \u201cDo you actually write these or am I replying to your intern?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk also turned to the platform in recent days to defend those working on his initiative. The billionaire has likened identifying those assisting his cost-cutting effort to doxxing, a online harassment tactic that involves posting private information like addresses and phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After several workers\u2019 names were published in media reports, X removed some posts on the platform that publicized the employees\u2019 identities and suspended some accounts that had shared the information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDon\u2019t mess with @DOGE,\u201d Mr. Musk wrote in a post on Monday night in response to people attempting to name and shame the workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk also boasted on X about the removal of the account for 18F, a digital services agency that is part of the General Services Administration. After fans raised concerns about projects the agency had worked on, including one that critiqued racial bias in facial recognition systems, Mr. Musk posted that the agency was \u201cdeleted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While its X account is gone, the agency so far has survived.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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