With Trump and Musk steering the ship of state, expect the unexpected

Katherine Miller, The Budget Fight and Trump’s Nihilistic Style, NYTimes, Dec. 20, 24.

In view of the recent spat over funding the federal government precipitated by Elon Musk (the richest man in the world), the strange story of Pete Hegseth & the Pentagon, the GOP's remake as a worker's party, and Silicon Valley's MAGA tilt, the political world as we knew it is fading fast.

But the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, from its nongovernmental nature to the sheer power of the resources Mr. Musk may possess and his own demonstrated ...