President-elect Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will head the Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump said the two will work together to “dismantle government bureaucracy, trim excess regulations, cut unnecessary spending and restructure federal agencies.”
“It will potentially become the ‘Manhattan Project’ of our time,” the Tuesday night announcement said. “Republican politicians have long dreamed of ‘DOGE’ goals.”
The president-elect said Musk and Ramaswamy will provide “advice and guidance from outside the government, and will partner with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to drive large-scale structural reforms and create a business-like approach to government never seen before.” “. “.
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Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. Both have been chosen to lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. (Getty Images/AP Images)
Trump said the agency will focus on creating a more efficient U.S. government that seeks to improve “the lives of all Americans.”
“Most importantly, we will eliminate the massive waste and fraud that exists throughout our $6.5 trillion annual government spending. We will work together to free up our economy and hold the U.S. government accountable to ‘US’. THE PEOPLE,'” Trump said.
“Their work will be completed no later than July 4, 2026. A smaller government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I am confident that they will succeed! !”
Former President Trump, Republican presidential candidate, greets Vivek Ramaswamy as he speaks during a campaign rally in New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
In an X post, Ramaswamy reacted to his appointment.
“We won’t do it gently, Elon Musk,” he wrote in the post.
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Ramaswamy has been a staunch supporter of Trump after he suspended his presidential campaign on January 24.
Elon Musk jumps on stage as former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show on October 5 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Similarly, Musk has been a key component of Trump’s campaign, with the tech entrepreneur touring key battleground states ahead of the 2024 election.
In response to his position in the Trump White House, Musk wrote: “Does it threaten democracy? No, it threatens BUREAUCRACY!!!”
The world’s richest man, who said he has voted in the past for former Democratic presidential candidates including President Biden, endorsed Trump this summer following the first assassination attempt on the 45th president on July 13.
Former President Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, raises his fist as he arrives to speak at a campaign event at the Nassau Coliseum, on September 18, 2024, in Uniondale, New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump’s string of Cabinet posts came quickly after the president-elect’s landslide victory against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump has selected top Republicans, and the president-elect is expected to select Florida Senator Marco Rubio to serve as his Secretary of State and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Besides, Representative Elise StefanikRN.Y., has been chosen as ambassador to the United Nations and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel.
