How Elon Musk Would Be Part of Trump's Administration

Sarah Arnold / Townhall Tipsheet 

Former President Donald Trump suggested he would appoint billionaire Elon Musk to his administration should he be elected in November.

On Thursday, Trump announced he would create a government efficiency commission, which would be used to audit U.S. agencies, which Musk agreed to lead.
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“At the suggestion of Elon Musk, who has given me his complete and total endorsement. 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 said at the Economic Club of New York. “We need to do it. Can’t go on the way we are now.”

The commission was created partly to address government regulations, such as energy production, and to examine how agencies spend their funding. Trump also promised to withdraw "unsensible" spending appropriated during the Biden Administration. The Twitter CEO first pitched the idea to Trump weeks ago.

“I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed,” Musk wrote on X. Read more and see X here.