Elon Musk has been battling regulators since before voicing Trump support. Now, he has the power to weaken oversight of his companies.

Donald Trump has wasted no time in assembling his administration for his second term in the White House after his historic US election victory last week. Among the confirmed picks is Elon Musk, controversial tech mogul and businessman who played a key role in Mr Trump’s presidential campaign.

It may be tough to single out any particular ones as the worst of the bunch, but allow me to suggest two contenders: tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped as co-chairs of a proposed new “Department of Government Efficiency,

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead the newly created department that Trump indicated will operate outside the confines of government.

Democrats and good government groups are skeptical of how much Trump's outside commission run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be able to do.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency said it is already recruiting people to work on the new initiative to cut federal spending.

Trump has given two entrepreneurs a mission to make the government more efficient. It's unclear how Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would accomplish that.