Trump Advisor Musk Wants To Trim Government By $2 Trillion: Here's What That Looks Like
President-elect Donald Trump's newest efficiency advisor, billionaire Elon Musk, wants to take at least $2 trillion off the top of the annual federal budget. Here's what a cut of that scale would look like.
Trump's new 'Department of Government Efficiency': What it is and what it isn't.
Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — the pharmaceutical mogul and former Republican presidential hopeful — have been picked to lead a brand new agency tasked with "large scale structural reform" of the federal government.
Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new 'Department of Government Efficiency'
The move comes after Musk became one of Trump's staunchest supporters, and biggest financial backers, during the last stage of his presidential campaign
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What a Trump-Musk Government Efficiency Department should do in its first 100 days
The next Trump administration’s efficiency program should prioritize implementing open watchdog recommendations, enacting legislative reforms, streamlining regulations, using AI to automate
Trump names Elon Musk to lead government efficiency drive
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead the newly created department that Trump indicated will operate outside the confines of government.
Trump Names Elon Musk to Role for Creating Greater Government Efficiency
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler,
Donald Trump picks Elon Musk for new cost-cutting role
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk for a role in government cost-cutting, as part of his drive to "dismantle" bureaucracy when he returns to the White House next year. Tech billionaire Musk,
How Musk's US government efficiency panel might work
President-elect Donald Trump has tasked billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk with setting up a panel to streamline the U.S. government. Although Trump has said little about how this group would operate, Musk previously set an ambitious goal of cutting $2 trillion of federal spending.
Elon Musk’s side hustle with Trump is already paying off for Tesla
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, will be taking on an official role to try to help President-elect Donald Trump make government more efficient. It will add yet another responsibility to an ever-growing to-do list for the increasingly distracted CEO and business leader.
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Trump's new 'Department of Government Efficiency'
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead his administration's new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to end "government waste" and "slash excess regulations.
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