US President Donald Trump revealed details on getting Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a newly established panel aimed at reducing government expenditure. Accompanied by Musk, Trump told Fox News that they had “looked for somebody smarter” for the role than the Tesla CEO.
Trump made the revelation while discussing his reasoning for bringing the world’s richest man into his administration as its top cost-cutting figure. “He’s good… I wanted to find somebody smarter than him. I searched all over. I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t find anyone smarter, right? So, we had to, for the country, settle on this guy,” Trump told Fox News.
Musk, in response, smiled and said, “Well, thanks for having me.”
This interview marked the first time Musk and Trump appeared together on a major television network since the latter’s return to the White House last month.
