President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head up a new efficiency department with the goal of dismantling government bureaucracy and “cut wasteful expenditures” throughout federal agencies by July 4, 2026.

Trump said their efforts running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time.”

“Together, 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 – Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement,” Trump said in a statement Tuesday night.

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