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.

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.

A White House official declared that Mr. Musk was not the administrator of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. So who is?