By Michael D. Shear and Eric Lipton
How do you slash, cut, restructure and even dismantle parts of the federal government?
If you’re President-elect Donald J. Trump, you turn to two wealthy entrepreneurs: the spaceship-inventing, electric-car-building owner of a social media platform and a moneymaking former pharmaceutical executive who was once one of your presidential rivals.
Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead what he called the Department of Government […]
Trump Taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to Slash Government – The New York Times
Trump selects Elon Musk to lead government efficiency department – The Guardian
Musk and ex-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head up Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)
Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
Despite the name, the department will not be a government agency. Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the […]
Trump selects Elon Musk to lead government efficiency department – The Guardian
Opinion | Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are the Bromance That Cannot Last – The New York Times
Mr. Nasaw is the author of biographies of William Randolph Hearst, Andrew Carnegie and Joseph P. Kennedy.
So sorry, Elon Musk, but the bromance is not going to last. I know the president-elect put you on the phone with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine the night after the election. And I know that in Donald Trump’s victory speech, after obligatory but abbreviated nods to his “beautiful wife,” his “amazing children” and his “feisty” vice president-elect, he celebrated your […]
Opinion | Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are the Bromance That Cannot Last – The New York Times
How a second Trump term could further enrich Elon Musk: 'There will be some quid pro quo'
Experts say new government could blunt regulation and appoint officials sympathetic to Musk’s brood of companies
Donald Trump owes his decisive 2024 presidential victory in no small part to the enthusiastic support of the world’s richest man. In the months leading up to the election, Elon Musk put his full weight behind the Maga movement, advocated for Trump on major podcasts and used his influence over X to shape political discourse. Musk’s America Pac injected nearly $120m into the […]
How a second Trump term could further enrich Elon Musk: 'There will be some quid pro quo'