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International Business Times
International Business Times
Mark Moore

Trump And Musk Take Surprise Turn In Mission To Slash Government Spending

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19 in Brownsville, Texas. (Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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.

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