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How close is Elon Musk to controlling a nuclear weapon?

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Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) have unprecedented access to the government’s data and computer system.

This week , that came to include systems in the Department of Energy .

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright went on the air to deny Musk and DOGE access to atomic secrets.

Musk 's placement at the DOE raises a truly bizarre-sounding possibility: that a pseudo-department named after a shiba inu could get actual access to nuclear weapons.

For this to happen, Trump would need to open up his Football: a leather-coated Zero Halliburton aluminum attache case that follows the president everywhere.

The Football and the Biscuit only exist because people in the past decided it’s the best way for the President to order a nuclear launch.

A large portion of the NNSA ’s budget is dedicated to environmental cleanup.

Musk and DOGE have proven they don’t care about systems put in place to keep Americans safe and protect sensitive data.

The U.S. is currently set to spend almost $2 trillion on the project.

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