Pressing delete | Musk threatens to eliminate entire Government agencies as part of efficiency drive

Elon Musk has called for significant cuts to federal agencies and even for the elimination of entire government departments as part of his “efficiency drive”.

Speaking via video call at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk outlined what he described as the goals of the Trump administration, while also discussing the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and the risk of "thermonuclear warfare."

“We really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to rule of the people - democracy,” Musk said.

Musk argued for more aggressive action in restructuring federal agencies, stating, ““I think we do need to delete entire agencies as opposed to leave a lot of them behind. If we don’t remove the roots of the weed, then it’s easy for the weed to grow back.”