It seems that the Department of Government Efficiency isn’t done furnishing the federal offices they’ve turned into dorm rooms—and their boss Elon Musk himself has joined in on the fun.
Musk reportedly asked Chris Young, one of his political advisers, to procure a massive TV for his office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building so he could play video games, a source familiar told Politico.
The DOGE chief earlier told friends that he had been sleeping in his DOGE office, in the same way he slept in Tesla factories for years, because he believed it motivated his employees to “give it their all.”
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A longtime GOP field organizer, Young was reportedly hired by Musk in August last year to oversee the America PAC tasked with boosting Republican voter turnout in the November polls. Young has become Musk’s right-hand man for personal and professional logistics in Washington D.C., according to Politico.
Young belongs to the exclusive club of Musk’s most trusted advisers, which is said to be composed of executives who followed the billionaire from his companies. They include former Boring Company CEO Steve Davis, his wife and former X real estate chief Nicole Hollander, and SpaceX Vice President for People Operations Brian Bjelde.
It isn’t just Musk who has turned federal buildings into a personalized office.
DOGE goons have also transformed government offices into crash pads complete with furniture, children’s play areas, and their own washer-dryer, two General Services Administration employees told Politico last week.
Photos and invoices obtained by Politico showed a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and other toys, as well as a $25,000 invoice to install a washer-dryer.
DOGE lackeys have also set up IKEA beds, lamps, and dressers in at least four rooms on the sixth floor of the GSA building. The rooms can only be accessed by people with high-level security clearances, making them difficult to inspect.
“People are definitely … sleeping there,” a GSA staffer told the news outlet.
Former federal employees have speculated that the DOGE team sleeps in their offices to “terrorize the civilian workforce.”
“It’s exceedingly odd,” Jeff Nesbit, an author and former senior official, told Politico. “I’ve run the public affairs offices of five different Cabinet departments or agencies under four different presidents, two Republicans and two Democrats. I have never heard of any such thing.”
