Elon Musk defended the existence of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by making righteous assertions about upholding the will of American citizens in government from unelected bureaucrats.

Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the inefficiencies of federal bureaucracy. But beneath the rhetoric of cost-cutting and regulatory streamlining lies a troubling scenario.

Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and her team have felt out of the loop as Musk’s DOGE seeks to fire thousands of federal workers.