U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed tech billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. Both men are well known Trump supporters, with Musk giving over US$100 million to his presidential campaign.
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00:00U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly tapped billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican
00:06presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the newly created Department of Government
00:12Efficiency.
00:13Both men are well-known Trump supporters from the private sector.
00:17Musk posted on X saying they will do away with bureaucracy and slash excess government
00:23spending.
00:24During Trump's campaign, Musk made numerous public appearances with Trump and gave over
00:29a hundred million dollars to his presidential campaign.
00:33Trump also appointed known China hawk Mike Waltz as the national security adviser.