The department wouldn't be a department at all, but an outside group that can likely only make suggestions — unless Trump tries to axe current laws.

Elon Musk has shared his own disbelief that the government efficiency department Donald Trump tapped him to lead “is real.” The world’s richest man and SpaceX owner, who holds billions of dollars in government contracts through his companies, appeared to mock the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a post on X.

As President-elect Donald Trump assembles the cabinet for his incoming presidential administration, he has also announced his plan to create an initiative he calls the “Department of Governmental Efficiency” (DOGE).