Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at President Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20. Trump has tasked Musk with leading a team focused on cutting costs in the government. Chip Somodevilla/AFP via Getty Images
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Elon Musk has launched a campaign from inside the federal government to radically upend agencies, exercising a level of control so sweeping that it is stunning former top White House officials, even in a political moment when many things are described as unprecedented.
Musk, the world’s richest man and an advisor to President Trump, is leading a team called the Department