The Swedish Democrats party leader Jimmie Åkesson thinks Sweden should be inspired by Elon Musks acting in the United States. At least on a plane.
Musk has together with the US president Donald Trump Started Dogte, a venture named after a meme and aims to streamline the US state apparatus and reduce unnecessary expenses.
So far, Musk and Trump have, with the help of Dogge, stopped most of US aid by closing the US aid authority USAID with over 10,000 employees.
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Åkesson from the Swedish Democrats thinks that Sweden should be inspired.
– The ambition to do something about over bureaucratization, to see function and benefit with different authorities, I think you can learn some of. Then we see how it falls out. But I think the ambition is good, says the party leader in Expressen’s podcast “Extra”.
Elon Musk has also been assigned by Trump to review US defense spending.
– I have instructed him to look up training, to check out the Pentagon, who is the military. And you know, unfortunately, you will find some things that are pretty bad, Trump has told reporters in the White House, according to TT.
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Jimmie Åkesson: Sweden needs its own doge
When asked if Sweden would need its own doge, Jimmie Åkesson answers yes.
– Then I am not sure that Swedish management tradition would allow it. It would be, mildly expressed, war. In every way possible in all possible buildings in the capital.
But to transfer power to Sweden’s richest person as has been done in the United States, Åkesson is more skeptical.
– I don’t think it works in Sweden. I think it would be directly counterproductive. If I know Swedish voters correctly, you would not accept it. If not physically, so figuratively you would probably carry him across the strait, I think, says Åkesson in The pod.
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