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President-elect Donald Trump made clear Tuesday what he wants billionaire loyalists Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to do in his next administration: lead a department that isn’t expected to be a real federal agency to cut government spending. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”),” Trump said in a news release Tuesday night. “Together these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulatio…