What would Elon Musk make of our habit of overspending?

The OPW's poor track record of spending this country’s public funds needs to be addressed with a culture change within the State body

(Left to right) Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock and Tesla and Elon Musk at UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday. Musk plans to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

Out of the fog of bizarreness that was the recent American election, one of the many oddities to result was the appointment of the world’s richest man Elon Musk to lead the country’s new Department of Government Efficiency.

Leaving aside the obvious conflict of interest of tasking a billionaire who enjoys multiple state contracts with reforming Government spending, Musk’s plan to cut $2 trillion — almost a third of its total — from the federal budget seems a little unlikely.