{"id":125374,"date":"2024-11-13T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T07:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125374"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T07:06:47","slug":"trump-picks-elon-musk-to-advise-on-how-to-dismantle-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125374","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Elon Musk to advise on how to &#8216;dismantle&#8217; bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) for his incoming administration.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He announced that Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech investor, will work with the SpaceX and Tesla founder on the project &#8211; whose acronym refers to Musk&#8217;s favourite cryptocurrency Dogecoin &#8211; to \u201cdismantle\u201d bureaucracy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The pair will provide external advice to the White House on how to \u201cdrive large scale structural reform\u201d, said Trump.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier, Trump announced the nomination of the Fox News host and combat veteran Pete Hegseth to be his defence secretary and named John Ratcliffe \u2013 a former Texas congressman and federal prosecutor \u2013 to lead the CIA.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk \u2013 a mega-donor to the Trump campaign \u2013 has been hotly tipped for a role in the administration. Ramaswamy ran as a Republican candidate for president earlier this year against Trump, before dropping out and endorsing him.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In Tuesday night\u2019s announcement, Trump said the Doge initiative would help the administration &#8220;dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Agencies&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Doge is not an official government department &#8211; such agencies have to be established through an act of Congress and typically employ tens of thousands of staff. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump said Musk and Ramaswamy would work with the White House and Office of Management &amp; Budget to tackle &#8220;massive waste and fraud&#8221; in $6.5tn (\u00a35.1tn) of annual government spending.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk recently called for at least $2tn in cuts to federal spending, nearly a third of the government&#8217;s budget, without offering specifics. He has also proposed eliminating hundreds of federal agencies, arguing that many of them have overlapping areas of responsibility.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump has likened the new Doge initiative to the Manhattan Project, a top-secret World War Two programme to develop the first nuclear weapons.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The president-elect said Musk and Ramaswamy would complete their work no later than 4 July (American Independence Day) 2026.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;A smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence,&#8221; Trump wrote.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a press release from Trump&#8217;s campaign, Musk said: \u201cThis will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After the announcement, Musk posted on his social media platform, X: \u201cThreat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ramaswamy reposted Trump&#8217;s announcement on social media saying &#8220;we will not go gently&#8221;. He also said he was withdrawing from consideration to fill incoming US Vice-President JD Vance\u2019s soon-to-be-vacated Ohio Senate seat.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last year, while running for president, Ramaswamy said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and close down several major agencies, including the Department of Education, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Since Trump&#8217;s election victory last week, Musk has reportedly spent every day with Trump at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He also took part in a recent phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, the Musk-boosted cryptocurrency Dogecoin has been soaring in value over the past week.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump announced the appointments of Musk and Ramaswamy amid a flurry of press releases on Tuesday evening, which also saw several senior national security positions filled.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">John Ratcliffe, slated to lead the CIA, previously served as Trump&#8217;s director of national intelligence and oversaw US intelligence agencies. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been nominated to serve as secretary of homeland security. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, some eyebrows have been raised at the nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. 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