President-elect Donald Trump is gifting two of his most ardent billionaire supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, with control over a so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and with it a supposed mandate to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies.” According to the announcement, DOGE will be an advisory department that operates "outside of the government" while partnering with the White House and Office of Management and Budget to carry out its agenda.
Both men have voiced ambitious ideas for how to use their new powers, whatever they may turn out to be.
