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There Should Be A new Role For Trump, Cutting And Advising On Military Matters; Or On Technology

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I will be clear: Musk is, by far, the best mind that Trump will accept to make or advise on major changes to the Defense, Homeland Security on matters of technology.
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Name the top 5 people that Trump has advising him on issues of the military and space.

Name the top 5 people who can advise Trump on cuts to the Department of Defense, and to Homeland Security.

Name the top 5 people who can advise Trump on modernizing the federal government in matters of technology and computers.
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Musk could be the best cabinet officer over either of these. However, his best role IMO is to be the special advisor on both, certainly after the reconciliation bill is signed.
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One should understand that Musk has wanted to cut any funding for new fighter jets for some time. Any new war will be fought with drone fighters. And these departments are the top two targets for eliminating waste.
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The alternative role for Trump would as Technoloy Czar, to head an effort to modernize technology and computers in federal government agencies.
 
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mark46 said:
I will be clear: Musk is, by far, the best mind that Trump will accept to make or advise on major changes to the Defense, Homeland Security on matters of technology.
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Name the top 5 people that Trump has advising him on issues of the military and space.

Name the top 5 people who can advise Trump on cuts to the Department of Defense, and to Homeland Security.

Name the top 5 people who can advise Trump on modernizing the federal government in matters of technology and computers.
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Musk could be the best cabinet officer over either of these. However, his best role IMO is to be the special advisor on both, certainly after the reconciliation bill is signed.
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One should understand that Musk has wanted to cut any funding for new fighter jets for some time. Any new war will be fought with drone fighters. And these departments are the top two targets for eliminating waste.
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The alternative role for Trump would as Technoloy Czar, to head an effort to modernize technology and computers in federal government agencies.
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And yet Musk isn’t in any “official” position or office within the administration (per the court proceedings seeking to determine Musk’s actual role).
 
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Pommer said:
And yet Musk isn’t in any “official” position or office within the administration (per the court proceedings seeking to determine Musk’s actual role).
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Well it's not like he is some kind of shadow government of deep state.
 
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Pommer said:
And yet Musk isn’t in any “official” position or office within the administration (per the court proceedings seeking to determine Musk’s actual role).
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I don't understand your point.

Musk is an advisor in a position that does not require Senate approval. There have always been such positions.

My point is that after there are roles that are well adapted to Musk's expertise.
 
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mark46 said:
I will be clear: Musk is, by far, the best mind that Trump will accept to make or advise on major changes to the Defense, Homeland Security on matters of technology.
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Then we are truly doomed. I hope you are wrong about no one being better to advise Trump.
 
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Then we are truly doomed. I hope you are wrong about no one being better to advise Trump.
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I agree. Musk is an example of Dunning-Kruger. Unaware of his own incompetence.

Starlink, SpaceX, and Tesla have only survived because of massive government subsidies.

If we take away anything from all this, it's the realization that tech bro's aren't gods and should be taxed and kept away from political power and their role in public life needs to be kept in check.
 
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Hans Blaster said:
Then we are truly doomed. I hope you are wrong about no one being better to advise Trump.
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There were many available to him last time. He kicked them out. This time he simply didn't hire them, and kicked out what expertise was still there.
There may be experts there, but at lower levels and ones that Trump is unlikely to listen to.

There are several senators with the expertise.
 
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Frankly, I think Musk would be much better cut out for pushing innovations in military technology than for trying to be an efficiency expert. He has no clue on efficiency.

Sure, I wouldn't trust Musk to actually be in charge of military programs. His approach is high risk. But he could be a valuable advisor.
 
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Frankly, I think Musk would be much better cut out for pushing innovations in military technology than for trying to be an efficiency expert. He has no clue on efficiency.
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He might come up with something innovative like putting a bomb on a rocket...
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Sure, I wouldn't trust Musk to actually be in charge of military programs. His approach is high risk. But he could be a valuable advisor.
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High risk, low knowledge, self-interest.
 
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I don't know if this is deliberate, but the names "Trump" and "Musk" seem to be used interchangeably in this thread. The title, "There Should Be A new Role For Trump, Cutting And Advising On Military Matters; Or On Technology" and the last line in the OP, "The alternative role for Trump would as Technoloy Czar, to head an effort to modernize technology and computers in federal government agencies."

Trump's best role is marketing and schmoozer. Even there, he gets in his own way with his egotism and insults instead of diplomacy.

Musk may have had a good mind at one point, but the barn doors have closed - wealth can be a curse when you have a taste for certain substances as Musk reportedly does. He has no special expertise outside engineering. He wrecked Twitter and Tesla is going down, so he might not be as good at running things as he touts himself to be.
 
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mark46 said:
Musk is an advisor in a position that does not require Senate approval. There have always been such positions.
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Plausible deniability. Musk has been performing governmental functions that do require Senate approval. This is a problem.
 
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