Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with slashing government costs by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on Wednesday called for the elimination of a federal regulatory agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector.

Earth’s richest person Elon Musk, President-Elect Donald Trump’s cost-cutting czar, identified a fresh federal government enemy: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a relatively new agency created following the Great Recession.

Elon Musk on Wednesday called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was founded in 2010 with a broad mandate to protect Americans from unfair and predatory financial practices.

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and owner of X (formerly Twitter), has sparked controversy with his recent call to “delete” the CFPB.

Musk called for eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, highlighting the renewed threat under Trump to a regulatory agency that has long been a target of Republicans and business advocacy groups.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has long been a target for conservative ire, but dismantling it would require Congress' cooperation.

Billionaire, automaker and space entrepreneur Elon Musk says he would like to "delete" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as part of his purported dr

Elon Musk took to social media Wednesday to demand the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Musk is spearheading President-elect Donald Trump’s initiative to reduce the size of the federal government.