President Trump has revealed that he was searching for a “smart person” than billionaire Elon Musk to run the government efficiency (DOGE), but was unable to find him.
The president and the world's wealthiest man sat down for a joint interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity. Meanwhile, Trump looked back at what attracted him to Musk, explaining what the public should know about his main cost cutter.
“You know, I wanted to find someone smarter than him,” Trump told Hannity as Musk was sitting beside the 47th president.
“I searched everywhere. I couldn't do that,” he added. “I couldn't. I tried so hard. No one was found wisely.”
“We've settled on this guy,” Trump said. It refers to the owner of billionaire X.
The duo's first co-interview was recorded at the White House last week.
Doge's Top 10 Federal Government entities for Cost Reduction:
- Department of Homeland Security – $8,164,242,813
- International Development Organization – $ $6,541,505,466
- Education Department – $1,093,628,949
- General Services Management – $197,423,082
- Agriculture Department – $ $173,077,305
- Ministry of Health and Welfare – $ $155,126,548
- Ministry of Commerce – $ $119,337,295
- Environmental Protection Agency – $45,624,626
- Personnel Management Bureau – $27,659,209
- Department of Housing and Urban Development – $25,049,711
*Numbers calculated by posting based on the savings from contracts and property cancellations provided on the Doge website
During the sit-in, the president is to head towards his second term in an oval office, and find “great people” to staff his administration. There, and he only knew “a little” masks by last year, but he praised the way the tech giants “fighted hard” in the private sector.
“I wanted great people, and he's a great person. He's a great person. He's also a caring person,” Trump said.
“He's a good guy, he's a very good guy and he wants the country to do well,” the president continues, and Musk says that Doge's case is likely to have a conflict of interest. He insisted that he would not be involved in the decision.
“If there's a conflict, he won't be involved,” Trump declared. “I mean, I don't want that and he wouldn't want that.”
The president will undermine the revenues of his support by eliminating Biden-era electric vehicle orders.
“He's a very different kind of character,” Trump says of Musk, promoting his ability to serve the “high-IQ individual” of South African-born entrepreneurs to the federal government.
Having set an ambitious goal of cutting $1 trillion in federal spending, Musk described Trump's 2024 victory as an “opportunity to fix the system,” but in itself is not a revision
Musk claims that when it comes to making substantial deals with taxpayers, it will result in “ability and compassion,” pointing to Trump's tough negotiations with Boeing to cut the costs of a new Air Force one plane by billions of dollars I pointed out that.
“When the president is presented with a new Air Force bill, if the president has not applied his capabilities and compassion, when he negotiates it, the price will be 50% higher and literally 50% higher,” Musk says. Ta.
“The president took care of him. He was competent. The price was not 50% higher as a result,” he continued. “So when you add more abilities and compassion, you'll get a better deal for Americans.”
“The president took care of him. He was competent. The price was not 50% higher as a result,” he continued. “So when you add more abilities and compassion, you'll get a better deal for Americans.”
Since Trump took office, the Musk-led Doge initiative has introduced cleaning across federal agencies to eradicate waste, fraud and abuse.
Federal judge Tanya Chukkan refused a Democratic-led state bid on Tuesday, temporarily firing Musk and Doji to fire federal workers and access sensitive data at seven government agencies. It's prevented.
In recent weeks, Doge has targeted the cost-saving powers of the US International Development Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Personnel Management and the Department of Agriculture.
Doge staff is also embedded in the Treasury Department, and recently clashed with former Social Security deputy Michelle King, who resigned over the weekend.
Trump instructed Musk's “super genius” team to look into the Pentagon budget.
So far, Doge estimates it has saved taxpayers $55 billion through various cuts.
