Donald Trump chooses Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead government efficiency effort

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Trump said the duo would work with him and the Office of Management and Budget through July 4 2026 -- the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
63% : Musk's bet on Trump has been a boon for Tesla, the electric-vehicle maker he runs, whose stock has jumped almost 50 per cent over the past month.
62% : Musk, whose net worth is more than $300bn, according to Forbes, became one of Trump's most influential supporters during the campaign and has been by the president-elect's side since the election as Trump has issued a flurry of nominees, appointments and new policy goals ahead of his second term.
59% : Trump's decision unites Musk -- the leader of Tesla, X, xAI and SpaceX -- with the biotech entrepreneur, who ran in the 2024 GOP primary before dropping out and endorsing Trump.
53% : During the 2024 campaign, Musk publicly endorsed Trump, hosted him on X, rallied for him in Pennsylvania and bankrolled a Super Pac that spent $172mn, according to the non-profit OpenSecrets.
33% : The newly created White House advisory effort would seek ways to "dismantle" bureaucracy, "slash" regulations and "cut" spending and "restructure" agencies, Trump said in a statement on Tuesday.

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