Former President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will establish a government efficiency commission and it will be headed by billionaire Elon Musk if he wins the Nov. 5 election.
Musk signaled on X that he is ready and willing to lead such a commission without pay or recognition.
“I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises,” Musk posted. “No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”
Trump laid out his economic vision Thursday morning during a speech at the Economic Club of New York in Manhattan.
“I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump stated, adding that Musk has already agreed to head the task force.
“In 2022 alone, fraud and improper payments alone cost taxpayers an estimated hundreds of billions of dollars. As the first order of business, this commission will develop an action plan to totally eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months,” Trump said, promising that the effort will “save trillions of dollars.”