President-elect Donald Trump has officially tapped Elon Musk to ‘dismantle’ the $6.5 trillion bloated US bureaucracy by spearheading the newly created ‘Department of Government Efficiency.’
Trump made the bombshell announcement Tuesday night saying Musk will co-lead the ‘Manhattan Project of our time’ with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
‘This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!’ Musk said in a statement.
Republicans have long complained about government over-spending and Trump touted that DOGE will accomplish its goals by July 4, 2026.
TRUMP MAKES A PLEDGE
Trump pledged that the pair would help him ‘dismantle’ government bureaucracy and ‘slash excess regulations, cut wasteful spending, and restructure Federal Agencies.’
Trump said the immense project will ‘drive out the massive waste and fraud’ and would be completed by July 4, 2026.
‘A smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence,’ Trump said in the statement. ‘I am confident they will succeed!’
THE ROLE OF DONALD TRUMP AND RAMASWAMY
Trump emphasized that the pair ‘will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government’ and ‘drive large scale reform’ by creating an ‘entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.’
Musk and Ramaswamy have become some of Trump’s top allies in the tech bro community.
DOGE itself is a play on the cryptocurrency Musk sent into the stratosphere by posting about it on Twitter (before he purchased and renamed it).
HOW MUSK ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP
Musk officially endorsed Trump on the heels of the July 13 assassination attempt on the Republican at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally.
The SpaceX, X and Tesla head joined Trump on the campaign trail on October 5 when the now president-elect returned to the Butler venue – memorably jumping around onstage.
He put his money where his mouth was – offering a $1 million award each day to registered voters in battleground states.
