(UPDATE) UNITED States President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world's richest man, who donated millions of dollars to helping the Republican get elected.
Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Trump indicated would operate outside the confines of government.
TWO HEADS BETTER? Vivek Ramaswamy (left) speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 16, 2024; and Elon Musk looks on during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in France’s capital Paris on June 16, 2023. AFP COMBO PHOTO