Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration

By: CNN

Posted: Nov 12, 2024 7:39 PM CST

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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn

(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.

“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 in a statement.

The statement quoted Musk as saying that “this will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!”

This is a developing story and will be updated.