Have governments become useless? On the reality television show The Apprentice, America got used to hearing Donald Trump’s favourite catchphrase: “You’re fired!”. Now, thousands of US officials could hear the same thing.
Trump tells Musk to ‘slash and burn’
Radical: The boss of Tesla and the social media site X, Elon Musk (above) has claimed that it would be possible to cut “at least $2 trillion” from US government spending by eradicating waste. Glossary
Devolved - When power is given from a higher level to a lower level. The term is often used when news powers are given to regional leaders.
Dystopia - The opposite of utopia (an imaginary vision of a perfect world). The term dystopia comes from Greek and literally means bad place.
Obsolete - Outdated and no longer useful.
trn - A trillion (trn) means one million million.
bn - A billion (bn) means one thousand million.