Elon Musk is both the wealthiest person in the world and a major contractor for the U.S. military as the head of SpaceX. When the billionaire talks about war and its potential consequences, we need to listen,

In May, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, lost its architect and de facto leader, Elon Musk. But without Musk, who brandished a literal chainsaw as a symbol of the group’s aggressive cost-cutting program,

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government.