As Musk exits with a whimper, Trump makes mockery of fighting government waste
May 29, 2025
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8:22Now PlayingAs Musk exits with a whimper, Trump makes mockery of fighting government waste
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as posted by the channelElon Musk's time in the Donald Trump administration came to an end with little fanfare and some tepid remarks on his social media platform. But it is becoming increasingly clear that Trump no longer cares about eliminating government waste, if he ever did. Among Trump's actions that emphasize this point is his firing of inspectors general and replacing them with unqualified loyalists. Jen Psaki discusses with Mark Greenblatt, former inspector general at the Department of the Interior, and Robert Storch, former inspector general at the Department of Defense, whose jobs used to be the elimination of waste, fraud and abuse before Trump fired them.
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