Elon Musk is planning weekly livestream updates about his efforts to cut the government.
The Trump ally and Tesla CEO posted on his social media platform X that he is planning regular updates about the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
The government-downsizing effort, announced this week by President-elect Donald Trump, will be led by Musk and wealthy entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. The details of how the operation will work are still unclear, but Trump said the effort’s leaders will remain outside the government.
Musk told attendees at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday evening that the incoming administration won’t amount to business as usual. “This is going to be a revolution,” Musk said.
Musk and Ramaswamy have signaled how their team will work in social media posts this week.
They’re calling for “small government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week” to join their effort.
In addition to plans for a weekly livestream, Musk previously posted, “All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency.”
He and Ramaswamy have suggested they’ll be crowdsourcing ideas from the public about wasteful government programs.
Ramaswamy has already singled out an energy regulatory agency as a possible target.
“Too much bureaucracy = less innovation & higher costs,” he posted Friday on X. “That’s a real problem with the FDA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and countless other 3-letter agencies. They are utterly agnostic to how their daily decisions stifle new inventions & impose costs that deter growth.”
During his presidential campaign, Ramaswamy pledged to eliminate a handful of agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Ramaswamy also urged cutting at least 75 percent of the federal workforce.
