Mr. Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Trump indicated will operate outside the confines of government.
Trump said in a statement that Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy "will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."
Trump said the new department will realize long-held Republican dreams and "provide advice and guidance from outside of government," signaling the Musk and Ramaswamy roles would be informal, without requiring Senate approval and allowing Mr. Musk to remain the head of electric car company Tesla, social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX.
The new department would work with the White House and Office of Management and Budget to "drive large-scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach" to government never seen before, Trump said.
The work would conclude by July 4, 2026 - the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Mr. Musk, ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world, already stood to benefit from Trump's victory, with the billionaire entrepreneur expected to wield extraordinary influence to help his companies and secure favorable government treatment.
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