White House discloses who will lead DOGE efforts after Musk's departure

President Donald Trump and members of his furniture volition spearhead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts, present that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is stepping speech from starring the initiative. 

"The DOGE leaders are each and each subordinate of the president's furniture and the president himself, who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste, fraud and maltreatment from our government," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday astatine a White House property briefing. 

Since January, Musk has been heading up DOGE, which was tasked with cutting $2 trillion from the national government's fund done efforts to slash spending, authorities programs and the national workforce.

Musk announced his departure successful an X post. 

"As my scheduled clip arsenic a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would similar to convey President @realDonaldTrump for the accidental to trim wasteful spending," Musk said connected X Wednesday. "The @DOGE ngo volition lone fortify implicit clip arsenic it becomes a mode of beingness passim the government."