The president-elect had previously refused to sign the agreement and is still sidestepping many of the steps typically required for presidential transitions.

Trump's transition will be paid for by private, not public, dollars under a transition agreement reached with the Biden White House.

Elon Musk has shared his own disbelief that the government efficiency department Donald Trump tapped him to lead “is real.” The world’s richest man and SpaceX owner, who holds billions of dollars in government contracts through his companies,