Who will be Elon's successor? The top names in line for DOGE chief

With Elon Musk leaving his relation astatine the White House arsenic caput of the Department of Government Efficiency and President Donald Trump saying DOGE’s enactment volition continue, the question present successful Washington is who volition instrumentality the reins to go Musk’s successor.

Musk, who has led Trump’s waste-cutting task unit from Inauguration Day until now, announced his departure successful an X station this week, saying: "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 the DOGE mission "will lone fortify implicit clip arsenic it becomes a mode of beingness passim the government."

So, who volition instrumentality Musk’s place? Right now, nary one.

A elder White House authoritative antecedently told Fox News Digital that "the DOGE employees astatine their respective bureau oregon section volition beryllium reporting to and executing the docket of the president done the enactment of each bureau oregon section head."

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With Elon Musk leaving his relation astatine the White House arsenic caput of the Department of Government Efficiency, and President Donald Trump saying DOGE’s enactment volition continue, the question present is: Who volition instrumentality the reins to go Musk’s successor?

The authoritative said DOGE is present portion of the "DNA" of the national government, and that it volition support operating arsenic it already has. 

Speaking with reporters connected Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that "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."

These statements formed uncertainty connected whether immoderate singular idiosyncratic volition win Musk arsenic the DOGE chief. However, if Trump finds a DOGE successor indispensable and decides to displacement gears, who could capable Musk’s shoes?  

Amy Gleason

While Musk was ne'er an authoritative national employee, Amy Gleason, a little-known authorities worker who besides worked successful the archetypal Trump administration, has been serving arsenic the authoritative acting main of the United States DOGE Service (USDS) since February.

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Amy Gleason has been serving arsenic DOGE administrator. (Amy Gleason LinkedIn/Getty)

If the president decides to steer wide of immoderate public-facing DOGE chief, it seems apt that helium volition support Gleason connected arsenic a much behind-the-scenes DOGE person astatine USDS.

Gleason, 53, is simply a vocation authoritative who was recognized by the Obama administration arsenic a "champion of change" for her enactment with respective nonprofits researching and raising consciousness astir a uncommon autoimmune upset known arsenic Juvenile Myositis. Gleason antecedently worked successful the archetypal Trump medication successful what was past called the U.S. Digital Service earlier leaving to enactment astatine Russell Street Ventures, which was founded by Brad Smith, different DOGE leader.

Keeping Gleason connected arsenic DOGE main would let the president to support the agency’s efforts live portion pursuing the operation of each furniture caput starring their ain waste-cutting programs.

Russell Vought

As manager of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought has already been a cardinal fig successful DOGE’s waste-cutting efforts.

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Then President Donald Trump's nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is sworn successful during the Senate Banking Committee information proceeding successful the Dirksen Senate Building connected January 22, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The Wall Street Journal reported that Vought already has plans to proceed Musk’s efforts, adjacent successful his existent relation arsenic OMB head. Vought is simply a adjacent state of Trump and a overmuch much subdued property than Musk, making him look arsenic a apt prime to instrumentality implicit DOGE. 

However, Vought does travel with his ain governmental baggage, with galore connected the near labeling him a "Christian nationalist" and criticizing his relation arsenic a co-author of Project 2025. Still, helium was successfully confirmed by the Senate successful his existent relation arsenic OMB director.

Vivek Ramaswamy

A one-time GOP statesmanlike candidate-turned cardinal Trump ally, Vivek Ramaswamy, has been wide reported arsenic a apical contender to regenerate Musk astatine the helm of DOGE. Ramaswamy co-led DOGE alongside Musk for a abbreviated play astatine the commencement of Trump’s 2nd term. However, helium stepped down from his DOGE enactment relation successful February to statesman his tally for Ohio governor.

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks earlier Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump takes the signifier astatine the run rally astatine Madison Square Garden connected October 27, 2024, successful New York City.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Though Ramaswamy shares Musk's and Trump’s imaginativeness for cutting authorities waste, it would look improbable helium would rejoin the DOGE squad immoderate clip soon with his eyes connected winning the keys to the Ohio governor's mansion successful 2026.

Fox News Digital's Diana Stancy contributed to this report.