Comedian Bill Maher expressed curiosity about Elon Musk's role in the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), particularly his plans to eliminate waste in the federal government. Maher cited Musk's proposal to have government employees return to work and anticipate a 20% workforce reduction as a potential positive step. He also highlighted Musk's critique of the trillion-dollar fighter jet program, arguing its obsolescence and questioning the rationale for continued funding.
Comedian Bill Maher said Wednesday he is "curious" about what Elon Musk will do as one of the leaders of the new Department of Government Efficiency .
“I’m curious to see, for example, what Elon Musk is going to do. I’m curious to see how influential he’s going to be,” Maher said during an appearance onPresident-elect Donald Trump announced in November Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy would co-lead DOGE, which Ramaswamy later explained will focus on eliminating waste in the federal government.
And I thought, ‘yeah, that’s probably okay,’ because if 20% of the government workforce quit, would we notice a difference? I’m guessing we probably wouldn’t,” he continued.“Okay, perfect. That’s exactly the kind of thing we should do,” the comedian said. “This is a fighter jet that they’ve been funding to the tune of, like, a trillion dollars.”
“And he said – first of all, it’s obsolete. We don’t use fighter jets anymore. We won’t in the very near future. They’re just gonna get pilots killed, and we have drones now,” Maher added. “So, why are we spending a trillion dollars on something we don’t need?”“I would be curious to see what he is going to do because, again, America – it’s not like it’s not completely bloated. It is, and it’s gotten out of hand,” he said.
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