Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing two maverick entrepreneurs — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) that will be charged with drastically changing government while cutting waste. Announcing the appointments on Truth Social on Tuesday night, Trump said that DoGE “will become, potentially the ‘Manhattan Project’ of our time” — a reference to the US effort during World War II to develop atomic weapons in record time and profoundly affect the world.
All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency.
Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!
We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb… https://t.co/1c0bAlxmY0
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2024
Musk said, “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” He wrote on X: “All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency. Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know! We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining (with a smiley emoji).”
Ramaswamy posted his reaction on X, “We will not go gently, @elonmusk.” Trump said, “The Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.” Since it is a new department, it is not clear if the leaders would be in the Cabinet, have to be confirmed by the Senate, and what their titles would be. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said.