
President-elect Donald Trump, by naming Elon Musk to head up a committee to slash government spending, has taken a surprise turn from his first term to a more austere outlook that is getting a warm welcome on Wall Street, according to a report.
Trump selected, Musk, the world's richest man to lead the Department on Government Efficiency, and the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla has targeted $2 trillion in annual government spending cuts, Investor's Business Daily reported.