by Veronika Kyrylenko, The New American:

The Trump administration is moving to sell off hundreds of federal office buildings as part of a broader push to privatize government assets. According to a Fortune investigation, the initiative, led by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), follows a private equity playbook: sell real estate now, lease it back later.

Major government contractor and DOGE figurehead billionaire Elon Musk made it clear in a February cabinet meeting:

Anything that can reasonably be privatized should be privatized.

This, apparently, includes the J. Edgar Hoover Building (FBI headquarters), Veterans Affairs offices, and buildings housing senators’ offices in Boston and Chicago, according to Fortune. While only two dozen buildings are officially listed for sale, The Washington Post confirmed that “officials are quietly moving ahead with a push to sell hundreds of publicly owned buildings to private companies — which can then lease them back to the government[.]”