Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.

Summary

Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump, is expected to step down to launch a campaign for Ohio governor.

Sources report friction between Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and incoming DOGE staff, with Musk’s team criticizing his lack of participation and subtly encouraging his exit.

“Vivek has worn out his welcome,” one Trump associate said.

DOGE, a task force to streamline federal bureaucracy, is not a formal agency.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    15 hours ago

    It’s not a government entity.

    I don’t think it even exists. We all know Elon doesn’t do any actual work beyond tweeting and giving the engineers his latest harebrained idea. Have they started hiring staff? Office space? Anything to prove they exist at all?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      21·
      5 hours ago

      It’s about to be. That’s going to be one of Trump’s first executive orders apparently. That and declaring an emergency on the border with Mexico and canceling the Green New Deal.

    • Zier@fedia.io
      10·
      15 hours ago

      Came to say the same thing, it’s not even a real department, trump isn’t president yet. You can’t leave a job that never existed.