President Donald Trump has appointed Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the nation's first Chief Design Officer to lead a sweeping overhaul of federal digital services, according to Reuters.

The newly established National Design Studio, created through an executive order signed on Thursday, will target approximately 26,000 federal web portals as part of Trump's "America by Design" initiative.

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email on Saturday for comment.

Why It Matters

Gebbia's appointment carries additional significance given his previous involvement with Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ).

In February, the billionaire entrepreneur reportedly joined Musk's cost-cutting initiative, leveraging his deep ties to Tesla where he serves as a boar

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