John Oliver compares Elon Musk’s new role in Donald Trump’s administration to the infamous Willy Wonka experience that went viral in 2024, claiming the billionaire’s new department has “no idea what they’re doing”.
The Last Week Tonight host began his Sunday (23 February) by concentrating on Musk and his newly former Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE.
Oliver began the segment by highlighting an incident in which Musk drastically overinflated the amount of money the department had saved, saying it was “a lot of numbers away” from the originally touted figure.
“But a chainsaw might actually be a pretty apt metaphor for DOGE given that Musk’s cutting hastily and without a lot of precision.”.
Under Musk, the new office – which will operate “outside of government” – will advise on gutting federal departments and which staff should be fired if it deems they are a “massive waste.”.
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