He added that DOGE could become, potentially, The Manhattan Project of our time.

Exactly how DOGE would provide advice and guidance from outside of government was not clear.

The worlds richest man is expected to receive a colossal financial windfall under thepro-corporate policiesof a second Trump administration.

Trump Picks Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead New ‘Department of Government Efficiency’

Elon Musk, Vivek RamaswamyMichael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

The president-electhas braggedabout cutting taxes for the wealthiest echelons of the country.

Trump vowed to maintain those tax cuts and proposed a further cut to the corporate tax rate.