This is a tweet from Musk’s “Government Efficiency Department”:

“We are very grateful to thousands of Americans who have expressed their interest in helping our Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). We do not need more part-time creative creators, but small government reformers with ultra-high IQ, and are willing to work more than 80 hours a week to focus on boring cost cutting. If you are such a person, please send your resume directly to this account. Elon and Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants.”
Musk attached a message:

Indeed, this will be a tedious job with many enemies and zero compensation. It’s so cost-effective.
For so many years, I have always adhered to a principle that labor is worth its price. Therefore, I insist on a principle of refusing to believe in anything that is “free”, and I believe that all free things, whether they are ultra-low income or not, always hide even more unpredictable things behind them.
For example, if I see a CEO claiming to only receive one yuan in salary per year, I believe he is definitely receiving more than his regular salary.
Musk, the ‘Government Efficiency Department’, is not actually a government department, but an external consulting agency with no power. It can only provide suggestions, and whether the budget of 2 trillion yuan can be reduced is not something it can decide. It depends on Congress.
The person who really made a bold move to streamline last time was called Rumsfeld. As for the result, everyone has seen that the current status of the United States is much worse than during the Ramsfield era. Let’s see what skills Musk has.
Of course, today’s talk is not about cuts, but about government spending. Why is government spending so important? Today’s talk is mainly about this.
Whether to say it or not, after taking a look at the people appointed by Trump, loyalty comes first. Working under Trump is not easy, and many appointments are contradictory.
Rubio is actually a neoconservative, why appoint a new Bao as Secretary of State? This is probably not Trump’s own intention.
The selected Minister of Education has dropped out of high school, the Minister of Health is engaged in vaccine conspiracy theories, the Director of Intelligence is a well-known Russian sympathizer, the Minister of Defense is a Fox host who has served as a platoon leader, and Musk is preparing to get along with this group of reclusive rookies. How to put it? Suggest Musk to buy some powerful heart protection tablets.
So I think those stupid X appointed by Trump can actually stay longer, after all, loyalty comes first.
The more ideas you have, the harder it is to live.
American civil servants
The civil service system of the United States has also undergone a series of reforms. The earliest federal government had little power and few employees. The President the final say. By 1829, Andrew Jackson came to power. In his first year of office, he fired 900 people, drew a large number of his own people to power, and started the official hunting system. The so-called official hunting system is to replace civil servants with supporters of the new regime to hold public office for the needs of governance after gaining power through elections.
Subsequently, in order to prevent such incidents from happening, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in 1883, which established the principle of open competitive examinations and merit based admissions for civil service positions. The 1939 Hatch Act stipulated that serving civil servants were not allowed to engage in political activities. Only a small number of senior officials are appointed.
Federal civil servants are divided into three categories:
The first category belongs to competitive employment, which is the position of the vast majority of civil servants, usually obtained through competitive recruitment, basically through exams.
The second category belongs to senior administrative personnel services, mainly political appointments, similar to European government officials.
The third category belongs to the exception category, such as interns, professionals serving in the diplomatic service. These employees are usually recruited according to the recruitment policies formulated by the exception service agencies themselves.
It is obvious that if Musk wants to lay off people, he must move the Pendleton Act, which is not easy to move.
In fact, as early as the last Trump term, Trump intended to take action, but he chose not to repeal the Pendleton Act, but to bypass him.
During Trump’s first term, he had already considered the possibility of his subordinates being disobedient and wanted to strengthen control over the civil service. James Schelke of the US Domestic Policy Committee discovered a loophole that could be exploited:
When James Schelke searched the United States Code, he found a place to use Section 7511 of Chapter 5 of the United States Code, which reads: “This section exempts the dismissal of an employee whose position has been determined by the President to be of a confidential, policy-making, policy-making, or policy advocacy nature, and whose position has been excluded from competition by the President
It is obvious that this is an exceptional situation.
Although the exceptions mentioned in this section are clear: “confidentiality, policy decisions, policy-making, or political advocacy,” having this loophole is sufficient for those who intend to achieve this goal.
James Schelke sent what he saw to a lawyer in the White House Office of Legal Counsel, and then secretly worked with a small group of lawyers to come up with the “Schedule F” order.

This policy forces leaders of all agencies to compile a list of their staff who hold positions that affect policy, and then include all of these personnel in “Schedule F.” Once they enter this list, the protection of federal civil servants disappears. The policy also emphasizes that the head of the Office of Personnel Management must sign the list.
A large number of senior officials who were included in this “Appendix F” were initially unaware of it, but were shocked to learn about it later. Many people are worried that once this “Appendix F” is made public, it will cause a huge uproar, especially leading to fierce resistance from the civil service.
This policy was originally designated in 2019, but was later postponed due to the pandemic. Trump chose to sign this order on October 21, 2020, which was a good time because the most crucial issue at this time was the election, and most people did not pay attention to this’ casual little news’.
As Joe Biden finally won the election, the heads of various departments in the United States did not care about the presidential order at that time, because they were very clear that once Joe Biden came to power, they would certainly revoke the order, so even if Trump asked them to prepare a list, they would not implement it.
Coincidentally, there are always exceptions. The head of the Management and Budget Office at that time, Ras Watt, was very stubborn. No matter whether Joe Biden came to power or not, he wanted the whole big news. He proposed that 88% of the department’s people be listed as “Schedule F” employees.
The Democratic Party is very sensitive and immediately took action upon learning of this matter. The United States Government Employees, representing over 500000 federal and Washington D.C. government workers, issued a statement: “Through this order, President Trump declares war on the professional civil service and authorizes himself to bring his political confidants into the government, who will swear unwavering loyalty to him – not to the United States
Specific implementation measures
Of course, Trump cannot dismiss all federal civil servants. Musk’s idea is destined to be an idea – dismissing federal civil servants is fake, controlling them is real.
But even controlling federal civil servants is almost impossible. State and local government civil servants are not under Trump’s control, and even the total number of federal civil servants is 2.87 million. Trump cannot control them one by one.
But it doesn’t matter, what matters is the top supervisors of the 2.87 million civil servants, controlling these top supervisors is enough.
But with such a large number of federal civil servants that almost all 287 of them have 50000 immediate supervisors, how can Trump ensure the loyalty of these 50000 officials to him?
The answer is simple: indirect control.
Trump has a large number of organizations to help him choose people, including the Conservative Partnership Institute, the Renaissance Center for America, America’s First Law, the America First Policy Institute, and so on,
There are also a large number of young people’s organizations similar to the “American Moment”. Let’s give an example:

Our mission is to discover, educate, and certify American youth to enable them to implement public policies that support strong families, sovereign nations, and national prosperity. America always hosts events, produces original content, and builds networks to cultivate talent capable of implementing our priorities in government, business, and public policy organizations

There are also many small MAGAs in the United States, and the most difficult thing to fail is the person leading this organization.

He is a 26 year old Indian. Whether to say it or not, it’s the same saying: Indian people should not be underestimated.
Can having such a complex and vast network disrupt the American civil service system?
It’s hard to say, but I still wish Musk a smooth MAGA journey ahead of time.