Musk, Ramaswamy to Lead Trump Efforts to Cut Waste, Fraud in Federal Government
(The Center Square) – President-elect Donald Trump picked Tesla CEO Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
The department's acronym, DOGE, is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said the new group will pave the way for his administration to "dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulation, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies."
Trump laid out lofty goals for the group in his announcement this week.
"It will become, potentially, 'The Manhatten Project,' of our time," Trump's announcement said. "Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of 'DOGE' for a very long time."
It won't be an official government agency, which will likely allow Musk and Ramaswamy to avoid public financial disclosures.
Trump said the change he's looking for won't come from within the existing federal g