Elon Musk says he ‘can’t wait’ to work in Trump’s White House [Video]

Former President Donald Trump is floating the idea of appointing Elon Musk to his cabinet and the billionaire is stoked. Musk responded to the information, first reported by the Washington Post, on his social media site X early Tuesday morning.

“I can’t wait. There is a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go,” he wrote.

Trump has considered creating a commission of prominent business leaders to examine the government’s budget and find programs to cut, the Post reported. The group, known as the “government efficiency commission,” would aim to tamp down regulations and spending.

Though holding a spot on the yet unformed commission may pose conflicts of interest for Musk, he’s previously expressed enthusiasm for the idea. After Trump said that he “certainly would” consider giving Musk a job in his White House, the Tesla founder tweeted an AI-generated photo of himselfat a podium emblazoned with the acronym D.O.G.E.: …