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What was once ridiculous is now possible. Elon Musk, the richest person in the history of the world, has become President Donald TrumpΓ’ΒΒs attack dog. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unprecedented access to the governmentΓ’ΒΒs data and computer system. Earlier this week, that came to include systems in the Department of Energy (DOE), which oversees AmericaΓ’ΒΒs nuclear weapons. The news raised enough concern that Secretary of Energy Chris Wright went on the air to deny Musk and DOGE have access to atomic secrets.
Itβs alarming to be at a point where someone has to make this kind of statement, especially because the Trump administration has reportedly lied about DOGEβs access levels before. DOGEβs placement at the DOE even raises a truly bizarre-sounding possibility: that a pseudo-department named after a shiba inu could get actual access to nuclear weapons. Fortunately, despite Muskβs ever-expanding power over government systems, it would take far more than barging into the right office to do this. But at a moment where all kinds of governmental norms are in flux, itβs worth looking at what exactly separates someone like Musk from perhaps the greatest d …