There is signal in the Musk/Cummings noise if you clear away the ridiculous egos - reforming the modern state via brute force is, basically, impossible. You can damage things, fire people, cut spending but the vast majority of things the state does are deeply embedded and critical functions.

*TRUMP SAYS HE'S 'WORKING' ON TAKING FANNIE, FREDDIE PUBLIC It is 2102. LeBron James is discussing retirement. Keith Richards tells the press he may quit drinking. The GOP is working on taking Fannie and Freddie private.