Trump wants a billionaire and a venture capitalist to make recommendations on drastic funding cuts and firings

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he would tap Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, both successful entrepreneurs, to run the Department of Efficiency — or “DOGE” — a new government agency tasked with making substantial cuts to the federal government.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, under Donald Trump's administration, Trump said.

The move comes after Musk became one of Trump's staunchest supporters, and biggest financial backers, during the last stage of his presidential campaign

President-elect Donald Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency,” despite the fact that government agencies can only be created by an act of Congress.

Trump made the announcement on social media, fulfilling a promise during the campaign to give Musk sweeping oversight of federal spending.

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Tasked with transforming federal governance into a streamlined model,

The US president-elect said former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead the department.

The Tesla and SpaceX chief will lead the effort to shrink the federal government with Vivek Ramaswamay, an Ohio Republican who ran in the GOP primary.

Trump made the announcement on social media, fulfilling a promise during the campaign to give Musk sweeping oversight of federal spending.

Donald Trump said that he has tapped Elon Musk, working along with Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency — or DOGE, a nod to cryptocurrency. Musk and Ramaswamy will be tasked with setting the stage for a dismantling of the government bureaucracy,