Asked about President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to have Elon Musk draw up plans to radically overhaul the government and “send shockwaves” through Washington, key Republicans on the Hill had a slightly more muted message: Sure, we’ll take a look.
“I mean, they might make recommendations that we go, ‘Nah, not going to do that,'” Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who leads the panel that funds the Department of Interior and environmental agencies, said Wednesday. “But there’s nothing wrong with having an outside group of people looking at how you’re doing things and how you might be able to do them better.”
Trump announced a new “Department of Government Efficiency” Tuesday night, a nongovernmental office with Musk and investor Vivek Ramaswamy at the helm.
He promised “large scale structural reform,” and Musk has said it’s possible to cut “at least $2 trillion” from the federal budget by eradicating waste. Ramaswamy’s vision includes crowdsourcing ideas from X users.
