Molly Ball, Senior Political Correspondent. How are you?

I'm good, Ryan. How you doing?

I'm good. So today I wanted to talk about Doge.

Last year when Elon Musk started talking about the Department of Government Efficiency or Doge,

I wasn't sure how big of a deal it would actually be because it almost seemed like it was a joke at first.

I mean, you know, it's named after a dog meme.

But less than a month into Trump's presidency, Doge and Elon Musk have actually been one of the most significant forces in the Trump administration.

Yeah, I mean, he seems to be everywhere, and Washington is still sort of stunned by how ubiquitous he is

and how much wide-ranging personal latitude he seems to have been given to just roam around the White House doing stuff.

On the other hand, we don't really know what power he has because his role is so poorly defined

and may be reined in by some of these court decisions.

So it's a bit of a mystery.

A mystery that we will try to solve.

From the journal, this is Trump 2.0. I'm Ryan Canucksen.

And I'm Molly Ball.

It's Friday, February 14th.

Coming up, Doge.

It used to be just a meme.

And now it's taking apart the federal government.

We're also talking about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,

the mayor of New York, Canada, Greenland, Gaza.

Stay tuned.

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