Opinion | The Familiar Arrogance of Musk’s Young Apparatchiks

After taking over, Elon Musk and his team caused a crisis by shutting down federal government spending, seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system, and implementing drastic changes at agencies like the General Services Administration and the Department of Education. Trump loyalists are purging security services and appointing controversial figures to key roles, leading to concerns of a takeover of the federal bureaucracy resembling a coup. The unprecedented actions are drawing comparisons to the chaotic aftermath of America’s war on Iraq, with Musk’s administration being described as young, naive zealots with unchecked power.

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