Elon Musk to Rehire Marko Elez at DOGE After Racist Posts, With 78% Support from 385,000 Respondents

Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), announced on Friday that he will rehire Marko Elez, a 25-year-old staffer who resigned from his Treasury Department post after his racist and eugenics-related social media posts were exposed. The decision to bring Elez back came after Vice President JD Vance urged Musk to reconsider, and President Donald Trump endorsed the idea during a press conference. Elez's controversial posts included statements against marrying outside his ethnicity and calls to 'normalize Indian hate.' Musk conducted a poll on his social media platform X, where 78% of nearly 385,000 respondents supported Elez's reinstatement. Elez had previously been granted access to the U.S. Treasury's payment system, a highly sensitive role.