The presence of Elon Musk in the Oval Office this week should surprise few. The Tesla, X, and SpaceX chief executive was fielding questions about his efforts to streamline federal spending through his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). In the opening weeks of the new Trump administration, Musk has set about making enormous changes to the way in which the US government operates, including deciding that the US Agency for International Development was a “criminal organisation” and needed to be shut down. In his first press conference since Doge started its operations, Musk outlined the need for the vote of…

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