US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that entrepreneur Elon Musk will co-head a new Department of Government Efficiency with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Trump also announced that he has chosen Republican lawyer William McGinley as his White House counsel. Fox News anchor and veteran Pete Hegseth will be Secretary of Defense. TASR informs about it according to reports from AP, Reuters and CNN.
Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work outside the government to provide “advice and guidance” to the White House and work with the Office of Management and Budget to “enact sweeping structural reform and create an entrepreneurial approach to government that has never been seen before.” he wasn’t”.
“Together, these two great Americans will pave the way for my administration to eliminate government bureaucracy, reduce excessive regulation, curb wasteful spending and restructure federal agencies,” Trump added. The pair will end their work by July 4, 2026.
Musk’s support in the election campaign
Musk openly supported Trump in his race for the White House. During the election campaign, he gave at least $119 million to a lobbying group supporting the Republican candidate.
Ramaswamy is a pharmaceutical company founder who ran for the Republican presidential nomination against Trump. After giving up the candidacy, he endorsed Trump.
At the same time, Trump announced that McGinley will be his adviser in the White House. The lawyer served as White House cabinet secretary for the first half of Trump’s first term and was an outside adviser to the Republican National Committee on “election integrity” during the 2024 election, according to CNN. In recent years, he has been in private practice assisting compliance campaigns.
Host Pete Hegseth will be the Secretary of Defense in the new Trump administration. “With Pete in charge, America’s enemies are on alert – our military will be great again and America will never back down,” Trump said. Hegseth served in Afghanistan and Iraq during his military career. He also served as an informal adviser to the president-elect for several years, Trump advisers said.
