Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) head Elon Musk and seven members of the team shed light on the The cost -saving mission of the department In an exclusive sit-down interview with “Special Report” Thursday
“We want to reduce expenses by eliminating waste and fraud and reducing expenditure by 15%, which seems really feasible,” said Musk “Special report” Executive editor Bret Baier
“The government is not efficient and there is a lot of waste and fraud. We are therefore convinced that a reduction of 15% can be made without affecting one of the critical government services.”
Pam Bondi threatens persecution in the midst of Doge’s findings about fraud: “We’ll find out”
From March 27, Doge claims On his site, Americans saved $ 130 billion, or $ 807.45 per taxpayer.
President Donald Trump The organization aware of optimizing the federal government, streamlining activities and reducing expenditure and the agency for 18 months to do this.
The Department has canceled numerous initiatives for diversity, shares and inclusion (dei) from federal agencies, advisory contracts, rental contracts for under -utilized federal buildings and double agencies and programs.
Doge announced on Tuesday It ended more than a hundred contracts and cutting Billions of more costs, including an advisory contract from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the activities of the climate change of Peru.
Musk and Doge have been a lightning rod for criticism because of the dedication of the department to lower waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. Critics claim the organization Has too much access to federal systems and may not be allowed to cancel federal contracts or make cuts for different agencies.
“They can characterize it as shooting of the hip, but it is anything but that,” said Musk, and noted that the approach of the Bureau for Cutings is “twice, if not three times and once.”
“That does not mean that we do not make mistakes. If we approach this with the standard not to make any mistakes at all, that would be the same if someone in baseball should hit a thousand. That is impossible. So if we make mistakes, we correct them quickly and we continue,” he added.
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Greg Wehner of FOX News Digital has contributed to this report.
