SpaceX and Tesla’s boss Musk presiding over US government job supporters, which critics call ‘the end of democracy’.
US President Donald Trump has said he expects his ally Elon Kasturi to know billions of dollars of fraud and abuse in the Pentagon, when auditing them to reduce the size of the US federal workforce The work was entrusted.
In an interview to Fox News, Trump, a quote of which was broadcast on Sunday morning, while interviewing Fox News, Trump said, “We are going to look for billions, millions of dollars of fraud and abuse. “
“And, you know, people chose me on it.”
The Pentagon budget is approaching $ 1 trillion every year. In December, the then President Joe Biden signed a bill allowing 95 895bn to allow the fiscal year’s fiscal year to end on September 30.
Right -wing billionaire and Space X and Tesla Boss Musk, who were appointed by the White House to head the newly developed department government (DOGE), to meet the set task in various government agencies The computer system will have access to confidential information. .
Leaders from across the political spectrum have long criticized the Pentagon for wasting and incompetent, but critics say the efforts of exposing the information and eliminating the entire agencies without Congress approval. Yes.
Musk’s companies also make major agreements with the Pentagon, which has raised important concerns about interest. An American judge issued an emergency order on Saturday to prevent an emergency order from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system, which contains sensitive US data.
Despite the concerns, Trump appears to be doubling the idea, saying he would ask Musk to check the education department in 24 hours, as soon as in 24 hours. … Then I’m going, go to the army. “
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz advised in a separate interview on Sunday that the Pentagon’s shipbuilding process could be of particular interest.
Waltz interviewed NBC News, “Everything has a lot of cost, it takes a lot of time and give the soldiers very little … We need business leaders to go there and the Pentagon acquisition process. Let me correct. “
During his three -week position, Trump has flared executive orders aimed at reducing federal spending – which includes stopping funds to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) – but massive Evidence of fraud has not been presented.
On Saturday, the Trump administration ordered the Consumer Financial Bureau to stop all its work, and effectively close an agency that of the 2008 financial crisis and sub -mortgage lending scandal. Subsequently, it was created to protect consumers.
Democrats have criticized Trump’s efforts. Senator Chris Murphy on Sunday warned about the “attack on the constitution”, saying that Trump was launching a “billionaire government occupation”.
“The president wants to decide how and where the money is spent so that he can reward his political friends, he can punish his political enemies,” Murphy told ABC News. “This is a revelation of democracy.”
