TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is embarking on an unprecedented campaign of cost cuts in the federal government, designed to dramatically weaken the bureaucracy in the name of reform, with potentially global repercussions.
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Elon Musk, left, is spearheading U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal bureaucracy. © Reuters
TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is embarking on an unprecedented campaign of cost cuts in the federal government, designed to dramatically weaken the bureaucracy in the name of reform, with potentially global repercussions.