Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) harshly criticized the Pentagon's budget, admitting on social media that “Elon Musk was right” following a failed audit, before the newly formed Gov. He seems to support the Department of Efficiency (DOGE).
President-elect Trump has appointed Musk and former Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead DOGE in an effort to stop wasteful government spending.
Sanders addressed wasteful spending in a post about X on Sunday.
“Elon Musk is right,” he wrote. “The Department of Defense, with an $886 billion budget, has failed seven consecutive audits, losing billions of dollars in funding. Only 13 senators voted against the 'must change'. “
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Musk responded to Sanders' post with two American flags.
Sanders did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The post comes as Musk continues to criticize government spending on social media.
For example, he shared a post from DOGE's X account about a California high-speed rail project that was projected to cost $33 billion in 2008, but is now projected to cost between $88.5 billion and $127.9 billion. are. The post also said that although the expected completion date is 2020, no one will be transported in 2024 and much of the railway is not designed. The project received $6.8 billion in federal funding. The project team is currently requesting an additional $8 billion in federal funding.
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Bernie Sanders and Elon Musk are side by side. (AP image)
In a repost, Musk wrote, “The government needs to stop wasting your hard-earned money!”
Another post shared by Musk shows him speaking in front of an American flag.
“The interest on the national debt we owe is now higher than the defense budget. It's over $1 trillion and growing. This country will go bankrupt,” he said. “That’s why we need the words DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, on the brass nameplate above our desks.”
Even last week, Musk said that a large percentage of the population doesn't even know there is such a thing as national debt.
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Congress is rushing to prepare to implement the recommendations of President Trump's new DOGE commission. (Getty Images)
“Those who know often don't realize how big it is or that interest payments now exceed military spending. We understand that government overspending causes inflation. There are only a few people,” he told X.
The national debt has soared to more than $36 trillion.
In another post, Musk warned that “America is fast becoming bankrupt.”
“Excessive government spending causes inflation! All government spending is a tax. This is a very important concept to understand. It is either indirect taxation,” he argued. Tweet from earlier this month.
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President Trump said in a statement that DOGE will “provide advice and guidance from outside the government, work with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to advance major structural reforms, and take an unprecedented entrepreneurial approach to government.” ”, he said.
in Wall Street Journal opinion articleMusk and Ramaswamy said they would be working “as outside volunteers and not as federal employees or employees.”
Fox News Digital's Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
