President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will create a “Department of Government Effectiveness” (DOGE) headed by Elon Musk and his former rival, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. The task of the new advisory body is to “eliminate bureaucracy” and reduce costs. “We're going to have a stupid waste of your tax money rating. It's going to be both incredibly tragic and very funny,” Musk wrote.
Trump announced that the “Department of Government Implementation” will be an external advisory body to work with the White House on structural reforms of the country. According to campaign promises, it will be headed by billionaire and Trump campaign sponsor Elon Musk. He will co-chair the department with Trump's former Republican opponent, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.
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“Together, these two great Americans will lead the way for my administration to eliminate government bureaucracy, eliminate unnecessary regulations, reduce wasteful spending and restructure federal structures essential to the movement to save America,” Trump said in a statement.
“This will send shockwaves through the entire system and anyone involved in the waste of money, which involves so many people!” – said Musk, quoting Trump's statement. The president-elect announced that the department will complete its work by the 250th anniversary of US independence, i.e. July 4, 2026.
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Musk's Idea for “Maximum Transparency”
The idea of the commission – along with its name – was the work of the South African Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and the X platform, the abbreviation of its name (Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE) refers to the popular Internet. meme depicting a Shiba Inu dog (known in Polish as “the dog” on the Internet). Musk previously promoted the Dogecoin cryptocurrency as a meme. On Tuesday, he said all DOGE activities would be published online “for maximum transparency.”
Musk wrote on his website: “We're going to have a ranking of the dumbest spending of your tax dollars. It's going to be incredibly tragic and very funny.” He also released a new body “logo” depicting a dog known from memes.
Even during the election campaign, critics of the idea pointed to a potential conflict of interest for Musk, whose company SpaceX relies heavily on contracts with NASA and the Pentagon.
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