Trump Taps Elon Musk to ‘Dismantle’ Bureaucracy and Fox Host Pete Hegseth to Lead Pentagon

variety.com:

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer President-elect Donald Trump assigned Elon Musk on Tuesday to “dismantle” the U.S. bureaucracy, and named a longtime Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, to lead the Pentagon.

Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, had offered himself during the campaign as someone who could cut waste out of the federal budget.

In late October, he claimed he could cut $2 trillion. Trump said that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, a former Republican primary candidate, would provide outside advice to the administration from a “Department of Government Efficiency.” “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said in a statement. “It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time.” Trump said he would appoint Hegseth as secretary of defense.

Hegseth co-hosts “Fox and Friends Weekend” and has been with the channel since 2014. “Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,” Trump said in a statement. “With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice – Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down.” He was an infantry captain in the Army National Guard, and served in Afghanistan and Iraq, earning two Bronze Stars.