Elon Musk had some relatable thoughts on the new “department” of government efficiency he’s been tasked to head with Vivek Ramaswamy. “I still can’t believe DOGE is real,” he wrote on his social media platform X on Sunday night,

Elon Musk has shared his own disbelief that the government efficiency department Donald Trump tapped him to lead “is real.” The world’s richest man and SpaceX owner, who holds billions of dollars in government contracts through his companies, appeared to mock the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a post on X.

ToplineThe world’s richest man Elon Musk’s role in the upcoming Trump administration is growing clearer as president-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the “Department Of Government Efficiency,” and,

Doge is one of the internet’s most popular memes, based on the real-life Shiba Inu dog Kabosu. The meme has garnered a real-life impact, with software designers creating the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. According to Coin Gecko, the cryptocurrency is valued at a market cap of over $60.5 billion. Its value shot up after Trump’s election.