The Department of Government Efficiency isn’t really a department, it’s a commission which will issue a report on how the government can cut spending. Just the thought of that has leftists, including NY Times columnist Michelle Goldberg in an uproar. Her column today is about the return of Republican interest in reigning in the size of government, something she detects via Trump’s love of Argentine president Javier Milei.
Donald Trump has called Milei his “favorite president,” and Milei was the first foreign leader to visit him at Mar-a-Lago after his victory. Last week, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which has increasingly sought to build a global network of right-wing activists and politicians, held its first-ever conference in Buenos Aires. Lara Trump, the president-elect’s daughter-in-law, gave a speech lauding Milei’s relentless…