Dogecoin was once a joke, but the meme coin gained traction after Elon Musk backed it. Now he's set to co-lead a D.O.G.E. government agency. Here's a look back.

Musk and Ramaswamy are coming to the mission ready to cut thousands of government positions and run the government like a business. The press release likened their mission to the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb.