In the two weeks since Trump took office Musk has effectively created an alternative power structure inside the government, gaining access to its finance system as well as the sensitive private data of millions of citizens. Doge’s decision to shut down USAid, which distributes billions of dollars in foreign assistance has reverberated around the globe. The oldest in the group dubbed “the baby-faced assassins” — first identified by Wired magazine over the weekend — is only 25.