Donald Trump’s latest political appointments make one thing clear: America is up for sale to the highest bidder and
By appointing Tesla and X ownerElon Musk to lead an invented Department of Government Efficiency alongside venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump has invited controversial corporate titans to carve up the multi-trillion dollar US government like it’s a business collapsing into liquidation.
Their task? Slash, dismantle, and gut the very institutions meant to protect Americans. This isn’t reform; it’s a fire sale, and everything must go.
Like everything Musk-related, it’s based on a cringe meme, but the real world consequences will be felt by ordinary people if the South African-born businessman gets his wish to cut entire departments and hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
Trump’s partnership with Musk is a billionaire boys’ club, and is about a mutual burnishing of egos, not meaningful government reform. and is about a mutual burnishing of egos, not meaningful government reform.
Musk’s presence isn’t confined to the halls of power – he’s there on Trump’s golf trips, at dinner parties, and in media interviews, sitting in on cabinet-level vetting, and even, most egregiously, joining the President-elect’s first call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Musk’s shadow looms large, signalling a dangerous merging of personal interest with public power.
For all his meme-ing and talk of a sincere need to serve the American people, let’s not forget Musk’s companies have been handed an estimated $15billion in government contracts.
If he wants to trim public spending, maybe he should start there.
This cosy relationship is already laying the foundations for a renewed era of crony capitalism, where policies are crafted to serve the whims of the privileged few, not the people who elected them.
Trump even told his first post-election meeting with Republican lawmakers that he ‘can’t get rid’ of Musk.
And the questionable appointments keep coming.
There’s Pete Hegseth, the man nominated for Secretary of Defence, whose credentials rest not on experience but his fawning for Trump as a Fox News host.
Even compared to Trump’s own previous Secretary of Defence, James Mattis, Hegseth is dwarfed.
A retired Marine Corps general, Mattis brought decades of military leadership and was widely respected across the political spectrum for his strategic expertise and dedication to public service.
Hegseth lacks senior military or national security experience, with his most senior role being head of the Concerned Veterans for America, a group backed by conservative billionaires.
This rapid rise isn’t about expertise or strategic acumen — it’s about blind loyalty and shameless shrilling.
Hegseth was a dedicated supporter of Trump during his first term, defending his interactions with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, whom he praised, and other reckless international blunders.
Hesgeth also campaigned on behalf of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of serious war crimes in Iraq and Trump then reversed the demotion ordered as punishment and fired the Navy secretary responsible.
Hegseth’s career is not built on deep knowledge of defence policy or strategic foresight but for something Trump values far more – defending him stoutly on television regardless of the moral or legal implications.
He has no background in military strategy, no experience in managing complex defence systems, and no capability in navigating international conflicts.
Instead, his qualifications begin and end with his ability to perpetuate fake news, flatter Trump’s ego and echo his talking points – and now he’s at the head of the most powerful army in the world.
Pete Hegseth is not suitable for global stability; he endangers it.
Like Musk, his presence should worry right-thinking Americans.
I worked in government, so I know that the civil service and public departments could be more efficient, but these are not the people to do it.
I didn’t go to university, and I largely failed my school qualifications; I’ve always been on the outside, forcing my way into places I’m not welcome, so I understand, indeed maybe even welcome, the desire to smash up the system and shake things up.
But there is a difference between the kind of outsider who wants to shake things up for the better and someone who is simply unqualified.
This is governance through sycophancy, a dangerous game when national security and economic prosperity are on the line.
Meanwhile, figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who once dumped a dead bear cub carcass in New York’s Central Park, are rumoured for roles
RFK Jr has been told by the President-elect to ‘go wild on health,’ worrying experts.
When personal vendettas and greed replace public health and safety, then lives are at risk.
Trump’s appointments, from Musk to Hegseth, are not about making America great again — they’re about making America for sale again.
It’s a cynical, transactional leadership vision that prioritises the pockets of billionaires and sycophants over the needs of working people.
In Trump’s America, governance isn’t about public service — it’s about auctioning off the country, with each piece going to the highest bidder willing to flatter the tyrant at the top.
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