Donald Trump has named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a “department of government efficiency”, giving the two private-sector entrepreneurs charge of a promised effort to slash rules, bureaucracy and spending throughout government.
“Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!” Musk, the world’s richest man and an ardent Trump backer, wrote on his X social media platform. “We will not go quietly, @elonmusk,” Ramaswamy wrote in another X post.
Trump said the duo would work with him and the Office of Management and Budget through July 4 2026 — the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The acronym for the new department, “Doge”, refers to a crypto token Musk has often promoted.
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