As unique a figure as the Elon Musk is, his status in the Trump administration is far from unprecedented and his government efficiency agency isn’t even new.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Elon Musk's conflicts of interest will be monitored and addressed by the Tesla CEO himself. The theory is likely to be tested as Musk's private companies like Tesla and SpaceX have reportedly been paid billions over the past decade for government work.

Elon Musk’s team of Stasi programmers at DOGE are feeding highly sensitive data from the Department of Education through artificial intelligence tools, according to an extremely predictable, yet still shocking, report from the Washington Post. The plan, according to the Post, is for DOGE to do the same thing at every federal agency.

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to limit Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Treasury Department's federal payment system.

One federal worker compared the whirlwind to a SpaceX rocket explosion. "I feel like that's where we're heading," she said.

One of the largest U.S. labor unions asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block Elon Musk's government cost-cutting effort from accessing the Department of Labor's systems, which the union warned could give the billionaire sensitive information about investigations into his companies.