US President-elect Donald Trump introduced that Elon Musk will lead the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ – a place Trump hinted at throughout his marketing campaign path. Musk will head the division alongside Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
“Together, these two fantastic Americans will pave the best way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash extra laws, reduce wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement,” Trump mentioned in a press release.
“I stay up for Elon and Vivek making modifications to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye fixed on effectivity and, on the identical time, making life higher for all Americans,” he added.
According to Trump, they are going to drive out the “huge waste and fraud” from the federal government.
Donald Trump gained the presidential elections final week, defeating Democratic rival Kamala Harris by 69 electoral votes.
During his victory speech, Trump praised Musk and described him as an “superb and tremendous genius man”. He additionally talked about that the billionaire spent two weeks in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania campaigning with him.
“We have a brand new star, a star is born: Elon. He’s a tremendous man. We had been sitting collectively tonight. You know, he spent two weeks in Philadelphia, in several components of Pennsylvania, campaigning,” Trump informed his supporters.
Musk, who has been a staunch supporter of Trump, was a key a part of the Republican’s Presidential marketing campaign. The Tesla CEO donated over 100 million {dollars} to Trump’s re-election battle and campaigned aggressively utilizing his social media platform X (previously Twitter).
On November 9, Trump made it much more evident that Musk can be part of his administration after he reportedly requested him to affix a name with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to a Ukrainian official, Zelensky thanked Musk for the Starlinks they usually talked briefly, nevertheless, the principle dialog was with Trump, reported information company AFP.