WASHINGTON – Elon Musk defended the government's efficiency department's work Tuesday, saying the United States should not be run by “bureaucracy.”
Speaking next to President Trump in his oval office, the technology mogul claimed he was performing his commander's duties by firing thousands of government workers and cutting federal spending.
“If people are unable to vote and are determined by elected representatives in the form of the President, Senate and House of Representatives, we do not live in democracy. We live in bureaucracy. ” Musk said.
The president on Tuesday gave Mask another duties, which would oversee the agency to keep only “required” employees, eliminate unnecessary agencies completely, and overhaul the US government. I gave it.
Critics have looked into federal agencies and skewer Doge to eliminate the huge tranche of money for federal projects. This eliminates the entire US international development agency, removes the museum exhibits of former Czar Anthony Fauci, and terminates expensive news subscriptions for federal organizations.
“We have a substantial salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars in bureaucracy, but it's pretty weird that we managed to get tens of millions of dollars of net worth while we were in that position. I think so. Mask insisted.
“This is what happened to USAID. We're curious to see where it came from… The reality is that they're wealthy at the cost of taxpayers.”
Musk, although a foreign contract, did not provide any specific examples. Historically vulnerable to fraudulent self-dealing.
Opponents have expressed concern that Musk, the world's wealthiest man, is not elected, but has great access to changes in government.
The court pushed back Trump's push to revamp the federal structure, saying he would “comply” with the ruling on Tuesday, but said it was appealing.
Trump has issued an executive order that invites masks to an oval office to fire non-essential federal workers.
The order previewed by the Post Office applies to all federal workers except those engaged in national security, public safety, law enforcement and immigration enforcement.
Doge can also close the entire agency.
The new order will be kicked 90 days after the January 20th directive implements a federal employment freeze.
The president argued that it would not require Congressional approval to cooperate through federal agencies for corruption and “fraud,” but he argued that if he went ahead with the vote, he would get approval.
“We're finding enormous fraud and enormous abuse. If we need a Congress vote to find enormous fraud and abuse, that's fine for me, I think we'll get the vote. , some people didn't vote,” Trump said.
“I hope the court system allows us to do what we have to do, and we have been elected to find all of this fraud, abuse, among other things.”
Doge will then look at the Ministry of Education and the pentagon for minor government spending, and has recently been scrutinizing allegations of social security fraud.
Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, claims his team has discovered cases where 150-year-olds collect Social Security benefits and suspect federal workers who suspect they are suspecting of self-dealing. did.
“It's a rough social security test, and we welcomed people there who were 150 years old. Now, do you know who you are 150? I don't, I get it. They're the Guinness World Records It should be in the book. They're missing out,” Musk said.
“I think they're probably dead. That's my guess. Or they should be very famous. One of two.”
The Doge leader further emphasized that he said it was a confounding issue that slowed the pace of federal retirement.
“We were told that most people who could probably retire in a month are 10,000, because all the retirement documents are manual on paper. They are calculated manually. They It's written down on paper. Then it goes down the mine,” he said.
“There's a limestone mine where all your retirement documents are stored. Then I'll post some photos. And the limiting factor is to determine the number of people who can retire from the federal government at the speed at which the mine shaft elevator can move. I'll do that.”
Musk also admitted that it could be wrong at times as he highlights the alleged examples of X's waste that he owns. It turns out to be Mozambique in Gaza, including the recent $50 million criticism of US-funded condoms. More than the Palestinian enclave ruled by Hamas.
“Some of what I say is wrong and needs to be fixed. So no one is going to hit 1,000. You know, we make mistakes, but quickly to fix the mistakes. I will act on it,” he said.
“Frankly, I don't know if I should send $50 million worth of condoms anywhere. When I think about that, it's a really huge number of condoms. But you know, if it's Gaza If we went to Mozambique instead, I said, “Okay, that's not that bad. But still, why are we doing it?”
