WP: Ramaswamy left out of Trump administration over differences with Musk

It is noted that the reason was "philosophical differences" between Musk and Ramaswamy regarding the organization of the department's work.

"They shared a radical vision of shrinking government, but their strategies for achieving that goal differed and were ultimately incompatible," the article says.

According to journalists, Ramaswamy saw DOGE as a kind of analytical center that would be engaged in optimizing the structure of the US civil service, while Musk viewed the department's activities only from a technological point of view.

Last November, Donald Trump, who won the election as the head of the White House, announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would head a new department for government efficiency. According to the American politician, the new department should focus on fighting bureaucracy, cutting costs and restructuring federal agencies.

Ramaswamy then announced cuts to a number of federal agencies .

"We expect massive layoffs in areas of the federal government that are bloated. We expect massive layoffs among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government," he promised.