President Donald Trump’s public statements contradict the legal positions of his White House, which previously said billionaire Elon Musk isn’t technically running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that's tasked with identifying wide-ranging cuts across the government.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has put billionaire Elon Musk in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, appearing to contradict the White House over who runs the cost-cutting program.

The work of the U.S. DOGE Service bears the unmistakable fingerprints of the world’s richest person, even if he’s not formally the administrator.