This is the Musk algorithm in action.

He cuts, removes and simplifies until it starts to hurt, and then slightly dials it back. He does this with rocket engines and staff.

Now he's doing it with government services and the US as a whole is doing it with its allies.

The problem with the latter is that you can't dial it back. Countries don't really like it when you threaten to annex them, disrupt their economies on a whim and negotiate about them behinds their backs.

Not only is the US no longer an ally of said countries, it's a hostile nation. 80 years of cooperation and trillions of dollars were wiped out in a single speech.