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Musk’s US savings committee soon to stream live on X

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The savings committee appointed by President-elect Donald Trump under Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to hold weekly live streams on his short message service X. The co-head of the committee, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, announced on X on Friday that the broadcasts would begin soon.

The two men had on Thursday solicited applications from "revolutionaries in the service of small government" with "super-high IQs who are willing to work 80+ hours a week on unspectacular cost-cutting." Trump himself announced on Thursday evening in Florida that the committee would present individual reports on its work and a major final report at the end of its work on July 4, 2026.

Panel wants to save billions of dollars
The committee has set itself the goal of saving the state billions of dollars, particularly by increasing efficiency. Details are not known. On Friday, Musk criticized on X that there was too much bureaucracy at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and "countless other three-letter agencies".

It remains unclear whether the committee is to become an official government body or an external advisory group. In the USA, government bodies must hold their hearings in public. According to the constitution, major cuts would require the approval of Congress. Trump's Republicans are likely to hold a comparatively small majority there.