Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the new “Department of Government Efficiency” in the Trump administration

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President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second term.

“Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my administration to cut government bureaucracy, eliminate excessive regulations, cut wasteful spending and restructure federal agencies,” Trump said in a statement.

The statement quoted Musk as saying, “This will send shockwaves through the system and everyone involved in government waste, and that’s a lot of people!”

This is a developing story and will be updated.