The Department of Government Efficiency's success depends on Musk and Ramaswamy’s ability to leverage political capital and maintain Trump’s active support.

The department wouldn't be a department at all, but an outside group that can likely only make suggestions — unless Trump tries to axe current laws.

It’s called the “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, and it’s named after a vintage meme, based on a picture of Shiba Inu dog, which is also the namesake of Musk’s favorite crypto token. The new DOGE, in other words, is disruptive, it’s exciting, and it’s already got a cool social media account.

Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking for "super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries" willing to work long hours to join their cost-cutting commission.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesdsay that Elon Musk will lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a non-governmental commission focused on reducing waste and cutting federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk’s DOGE will advise on gutting federal departments and which staff should be fired if it deems they are a ‘massive waste’

Led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the body announced by Trump would operate outside government and provide advice to the White House on cutting spending.

Elon Musk is backing Donald Trump’s transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Treasury Department, touting the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald as a potential secretary who “will actually enact change” from the most powerful economic post in Trump’s cabinet.