New White House office aims to help run government ‘like a great American company’

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Donald Trump is creating a new government office that will apply lessons learned from American businesses such as Apple and Tesla in a bid to make speedy political reforms, The Washington Post reports. The White House Office of American Innovation — which will be led by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — is described as a “SWAT team,” using far-reaching powers to bypass the restrictive machinery of Washington and make sweeping changes.

The Post says that the office has a particular focus on technology and data, and has already met with the biggest names in the US tech industry, including Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is also among the…

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