Nicky Woolf At the beginning of Donald Trump's second term, Elon Musk , the world's richest man , was gifted his own role in the administration. As head of the meme-named Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), Musk had unprecedented power over government spending. He used that position to lay waste to USAid, among other departments, leading to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths worldwide. At times, some speculated that Musk's position was almost that of co-president.