Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, two of US President-elect Donald Trump's most famous allies, were the most keenly awaited appointments in his administration. They are going to lead the department of government efficiency (DOGE), one of the most controversial and inscrutable project of Trump. «I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the department of government efficiency (DOGE),» Trump announced. The acronym is a playful nod to Musk’s affinity for the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
The announcement triggered a meme fest on social media. Reacting to Trump's announcement, Musk on X wrote, «Department of Government Efficiency. The merch will be (fire emojis).» Many X users with the help of AI suggested some eye-catchy logos featuring the Shibu Inu dog from the Doge cryptocurrency memes for Musk and Ramaswamy's department which Musk shared on his accounts. Various online surveys and media organisations have acknowledged Doge as one of the most significant Internet memes of the 2010s.
«DOGE will soon begin crowdsourcing examples of government waste, fraud, & and abuse. Americans voted for drastic government reform & they deserve to be part of fixing it,» Ramaswamy wrote on X after his appointment.
«Over the last 2 years, the Supreme Court has ruled that the administrative state is behaving in wildly unlawful ways. But slapping the bureaucracy on the wrist won’t solve the problem, the only right answer is