Trump says Elon Musk’s DOGE team ‘doing a great job,’ will look at slashing Pentagon spending
February 8, 2025
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2:09Now PlayingTrump says Elon Musk’s DOGE team ‘doing a great job,’ will look at slashing Pentagon spending
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as posted by the channelPresident Trump said Friday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative will look at the Defense Department’s massive budget after making significant cuts at other federal agencies — most notably the US Agency for International Development (USAID) — while charging that critics of the effort “don’t love our country.”
“Pentagon, Education, just about everything. We’re going to go through everything,” Trump said at a joint White House press conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
“It was so bad, with what we just went through — with this horrible situation we just went through, and I guess 97% of the people have been dismissed,” Trump said, referring to massive headcount reductions at USAID that were due to take effect at 11:59 p.m. Friday.
“It was very, very unfortunate. You’re not going to find anything like that, but you’re going to find a lot. And I’ve instructed him to go check out Education, to check out the Pentagon, which is the military. And you know, sadly, you’ll find some things that are pretty bad,” the president went on.
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