For all these reasons, the prospect of Mr. Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy teaming up to tame federal overspending is one to savor. Feature a few of the other budget line items DOGE served up on its X account the other day.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s new “efficiency czars” Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy think they can slash $2 trillion from the federal budget of about $6.75 trillion over the next year and a half.

Will DOGE fly? The Washington Post reports on how Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are ramping up efforts to launch their Department of Government Efficiency with the goal of instituting drastic cuts to the federal government.