President-elect Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. This would be an outside department that would make recommendations for cutting waste from the government.

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,

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency”