Washington: As Donald Trump taps the people he wants in his second-term administration, one quality is paramount: unwavering loyalty.

The least surprising of his picks was Elon Musk, the SpaceX chief who spent tens of millions of dollars to get Trump elected and has now been rewarded with a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Trump indicated will operate outside government, to slash spending and force “drastic change” throughout the bureaucracy by July 4, 2026.

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