This evening, President-elect Donald Trump moved forward with his administration’s appointments, naming SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk along with biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a newly established “Department of Government Efficiency.”
Despite the department’s name, Trump emphasized in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy would provide “advice and guidance from outside of Government” while collaborating with the White House and the Office of Management & Budget. Their goal is to “drive large scale [sic] structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.”
At 78, the president-elect compared the new initiative to the Manhattan Project, the secretive effort that developed the atomic bomb, and cited Musk, 53, as saying: “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!”
Trump added, “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 – Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement.”
Musk and Ramaswamy, 39, who had challenged Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination without success, were long speculated to be joining forces for the new project announced by the president-elect.
A source close to the Trump transition team revealed to The Post on Tuesday that Ramaswamy had “been with Elon all week” since Trump secured a second, non-consecutive term by defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
{Matzav.com}
Great, Swamy can halt the genocide of ekephants in Naimibia. Reb Elon, keep Swamhy there.