Trump has set up a government agency headed by Musk
On January 20, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which will be headed by American entrepreneur Ilon Musk. The broadcast was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the American administration.
At the same time, the American leader clarified that Musk will not work in the West Wing of the White House.
"He (Ilon Musk. - Ed.) will get an apparatus of about 20 people who were hired to oversee that all this (increasing the efficiency of the government. - Ed.) will be implemented," Trump replied.
The main purpose of the new structure will be the optimization of government spending, as well as updating the federal software to levels accepted in the private sector, specifies "Gazeta.Ru". It is noted that the department will function outside the government and will not become a full-fledged ministry.
After the inauguration on January 20, the US President signed several dozen documents in the White House in about 47 minutes. In particular, Trump's decrees concern the withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the introduction of a state of emergency on the border with Mexico. Along with that, he rescinded about 80 executive orders from the administration of former White House chief of staff Joe Biden.
Trump took the oath of office in the Capitol rotunda, becoming the 47th president of the United States. Along with him, Vice President Jay Dee Vance was sworn in. This is Trump's second term as president, the first time he was the American leader from 2017-2021. In the inaugural speech, the new US President announced the beginning of the "golden age of America".
