President-elect Trump announced Elon Musk, left, and Vivek Ramaswamy, right, would be leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Nov. 12, 2024. (Getty Images)
However, Musk recently cast doubt on the likelihood of eliminating $2 trillion from the federal budget and said there was a better chance at cutting $1 trillion.
"I think we’ll try for $2 trillion. I think that’s like the best-case outcome," Musk said during tech trade show CES on Wednesday in Las Vegas, the Post reported. "But I do think that you kind of have to have some overage. I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting $1 [trillion]."
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have voiced support for working with DOGE, and Reps. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., and Pete Sessions, R-Texas, announced the creation of the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus last year.
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2024. (Reuters/Bonnie Cash)
Currently, DOGE boasts a staff of approximately 50 people who are working from SpaceX’s offices in Washington, D.C., and it is aiming to roughly double that number when President-elect Trump is sworn into office on Jan. 20, according to the Post.
A representative for Ramaswamy declined to provide comment to Fox News Digital.
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DOGE appears to be the source of inspiration for other similar initiatives at the state level. For example, Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte of swing state New Hampshire on Thursday announced the creation of the Commission on Government Efficiency, known as COGE.
"COGE will make us smarter than ever before when it comes to saving taxpayer dollars and finding better ways to serve the people of our state," Ayotte said in her inaugural address.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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