Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-heads of the Department of Government Efficiency, have suggested they’ll make cuts in key government departments, including the Pentagon.

The department wouldn't be a department at all, but an outside group that can likely only make suggestions — unless Trump tries to axe current laws.

Musk—the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of X (formerly Twitter)—was quoted in Trump's announcement as saying that DOGE "will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!"

ToplineThe world’s richest man Elon Musk’s role in the upcoming Trump administration is growing clearer as president-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the “Department Of Government Efficiency,” and,

These two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” said Donald Trump in a statement.

Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to run the invented “Department of Government Efficiency.” The “DOGE” commission promises to reward these men and their billionaire allies while everyday Americans face the hardships Musk admits will result from their budget cuts,

U.S. President-elect Trump has tasked billionaire businessman Elon Musk with making the government cost-efficient. That may be an admirable objective, but the ideology driving it is wrong-headed... and dangerous.