Tech billionaire Alon Musk on Monday gave new details about the work of President Trump’s Government Efficiency Department (DOGE), while doubling the group’s efforts amid growing criticism.
Larry Kudlow, a former Officer of Trump Administration on the Musk Fox business network, was sitting for a rare television interview, where he faced questions about the internal performance of the dodge and efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.
“We basically follow money. We want the executive order of the President, and we just follow the money, “Musk said.
He said that there are “over 100” employees with the goal of reaching the Dodge 200.
No official list of Dodge staff has been published, though many confirmed employees relate to their other companies, including Tesla and Zai, their artificial intelligence (AI) pay firm.
Asked if the Dodge was present in every government department, Kasturi replied, “Very, yes.” Kasturi said that Dodge was trying to “work widely in all departments” instead of joining one section at a time.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX said it was working with every cabinet secretaries at the work of the Dod. This comment has come up between reports earlier this month that some of Trump’s deputies have begun to force Musk’s political authority and the proposed cuts on his bodies.
“What we do is with the advice of the cabinet secretaries and their departments,” Musk said. “We are really trying to be this kind – we will refer to ourselves as a tech support. You know, we are actually helping the department handle the items. ”
Last week, Kasturi was at the center of the controversial cabinet meeting, in which he clashed with state secretary Marco Rubio and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to cut off his concerned agencies.
In the early weeks of the new administration, Trump consultants have been lightning for controversy. While it is very active in posting on its social platform X, Musk was not sitting for an interview with a big media outlet after playing the role of the government before Monday. He took questions from reporters at the latest cabinet meeting.
Kasturi acknowledged the verification that has been done for some of Doje’s work in various agencies, calling it a “hard setting”.
“But I know we are doing the right thing here. There is a large quantity of waste and fraud in the government, “he told Kudlow that he pointed to previous reports of the government responsibility office that he had outlined billions of dollars of” fraud “at federal costs.
He claimed that Dodge lists all his actions on his official government website. While the panel has posted various reports at his work, it is also reported Hundreds of claimed savings. It once Outed.
Musk told Kudlow that he expected the dose to continue for another year, but he reduced the idea of giving a final report.
“Here’s the goal: let’s not bankrupt America with waste and fraud,” Musk said. “So it’s here for I am here.”
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