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

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President-elect Donald Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency,” despite the fact that government agencies can only be created by an act of Congress.

The appointment fulfils a promise Mr Trump made to the tech billionaire after he endorsed him in the race for the White House.

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Elon Musk to lead a so-called Department of Government Efficiency alongside American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy

The move comes after Musk became one of Trump's staunchest supporters, and biggest financial backers, during the last stage of his presidential campaign

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.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night announced Elon Musk will help lead an effort to cut government regulations and slash spending, making good on a campaign pledge to put the Texas billionaire who spent $119 million to get him elected in charge of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency.