former president donald trump said He said Sunday that if he wins the presidential election, he plans to cast Elon Musk in a new potential role that would drastically reduce waste in government.
during an interview with Fox News” Sunday Morning Futures said it would like to nominate Musk, the Republican presidential candidate, as “secretary of cost reduction.”
“We will eliminate waste from our $6.5 trillion budget. Our goal is to balance America's budget.”
“He's a great businessman and he's great at cutting costs,” Trump told the press.
Trump said Musk told him he could cut government costs “without affecting anyone.”
He noted that Musk does not want to be a member of the Cabinet, but wants to help eliminate waste in government.
“He wants to do this,” Trump said of Musk. “We'll have a new position called Secretary of Cost Reduction. Elon wants it, and we have great people. He runs a big company. He just says, 'Let's join the Cabinet. I can't say, 'I think so.' ” No one else can, but Elon is a little different in that sense. ”
Trump also told Fox News that Musk promised to launch a rocket to Mars by the end of Trump's second term, adding that Musk promised to do so “long before” China or Russia. He said he hopes it will come true.
At an X-Spaces debate in August, the former president praised Musk as “the greatest cutter.” Musk previously said he had cut Twitter's headcount by about 80%.
“I look at what you're doing. You come in and just say, 'Do you want to quit?' They go on strike – I won't name the company – they go on strike, and you say, “Okay, you're all gone.” '' Trump told Musk.
In a conversation with Spaces, Musk explained that government overspending causes inflation.
“Would you agree that we need to review government spending and perhaps set up a government efficiency commission? ” he asked Trump.
Musk advocated for the creation of a Government Efficiency Commission to “look at these things and make sure that taxpayers' money, their hard-earned money, is spent in the right way.” “And I would be happy to cooperate in such an effort.” commission. “
On Monday, Howard Lutnick, co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team, said: Posted Photos of himself and Musk on social media.
“Welcome to DOGE,” Lutnick wrote, an acronym for the Department of Government Efficiency proposed by Musk. “Doge” is also a cryptocurrency.
“We will eliminate waste from our $6.5 trillion budget. Our goal is to balance America's budget. We must elect President Donald Trump,” Lutnick said.
Musk shared Lutnick's post and added, “We have to win, but if we win, we can be like Gulliver and cut the millions of threads holding back the American giant.”
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