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.

  • Subtracty@lemmy.world
    31·
    17 hours ago

    Great, let’s just leave it all up to Elon. What could possibly go wrong?

    The only thing worse than 2 billionaires leading an unregulated government entity is a single billionaire leading it. Giving Elon completely unchecked power.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      18·
      16 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?

      • 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.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      25·
      17 hours ago

      It’s not like Vivek was going to even check Elon. It’s funny how he left it before he even started though.