President-elect Trump has named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a department of government efficiency. NBC News Vaughn Hillyard has more on Trump's latest cabinet picks and the new agency.
President-elect Donald Trump named tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative activist Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday to head up a new Department of Government Efficiency, fulfilling a campaign pledge to give Musk sweeping oversight of government spending. Trump, in a statement posted to social media, said the department will help to 'dismantle Government Bureaucracy' and slash excess regulations.
Ramaswamy campaigned for president in the Republican primary on eliminating federal agencies, and he gave initial targets including the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Education Department; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the Food and Nutrition Service within the Agriculture Department. Trump said the department would exist 'outside of Government,' giving advice to those in the White House on overhauling federal agencies.
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