After US President-elect Donald Trump picked him and Elon Musk to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Vivek Ramaswamy said they would "start mass deportations of millions of unelected federal bureaucrats". "[Elon] doesn't bring a chisel. He brings a chainsaw. We're going to be taking it to that bureaucracy. It's going to be a lot of fun," said Ramaswamy.