WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s government efficiency panel wants workers with “high IQs” and is planning weekly livestreams, according to X-posts on President-elect Donald Trump’s initiative to streamline the U.S. bureaucracy.
Trump appointed Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to chair the panel on Tuesday. Their mission is to propose dramatic cuts to the federal workforce, regulations, and spending.
Given Musk and Trump’s ambitious claims about the panel’s ability to transform the US government, the group has received widespread publicity and interest in how it will operate.
Ramaswamy said on X on Friday that the weekly live streams will begin soon. Before last week’s presidential election, Ramaswamy, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur, and Musk talked about government and American culture in live broadcasts on Musk-owned X.
The two on Thursday asked for resumes from “small-government revolutionaries with super-high IQs who are willing to work 80+ hours a week on unglamorous cost-cutting.” The call was placed on X by a new account for the efficiency panel.
In a speech Thursday evening at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump said the agency will issue individual reports on its work and a “big one” at the end, scheduled for July 4, 2026.
Ramaswamy has spoken extensively about the parts of the U.S. government where he sees a need for comprehensive change.
For example, he said Friday on
It was not clear whether the panel would be an official government body or an external advisory group. Federal commissions are required to hold public hearings.
Congress has power over the federal budget under the Constitution, so any major cuts would need its approval.
(Reporting by Chris Sanders; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
