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’s DOGE will advise on gutting federal departments and which staff should be fired if it deems they are a ‘massive waste’

Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking for "super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries" willing to work long hours to join their cost-cutting commission.