Effectiveness Head of the Department of Government (Doge) Elon Musk and seven team members threw light on The mission of reduction of the cost of the department In an exclusive seating interview with “Special Report” on Thursday
“We want to reduce consumption by removing waste and fraud and reducing consumption by 15%, which seems really quite achievable,” Musk said “Special Report” Executive editor Bret Baier
“The Government is not effective and has a lot of waste and fraud. Therefore, we feel convinced that a decrease of 15% can be done without affecting any of the critical government services.”
Of March 27, Doge claims On his website, he saved Americans $ 130 billion or $ 807.45 per taxpayer.
President Donald Trump Detach the organization to optimize the federal government, simplifies operations and reduce consumption and has given the agency 18 months to do so.
The department has canceled numerous initiatives for diversity, equality and involvement (dei) in federal agencies, advisory contracts, lease for underdeveloped federal buildings and duplicate agencies and programs.
Doge announced on Tuesday broke over a hundred contracts and mowing Billions more in costs, including the US Counseling Agreement for Agriculture (USDA) for climate change activities in Peru.
Musk and Doge were lightning for criticizing the dedication of the department to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the Federal Government. Critics claim the organization There are too many access to federal systems and should not be allowed to cancel federal contracts or reduce various agencies.
“They can characterize it as a hip shooting, but that’s all besides,” Musk said, noting that access to the cuts for cuts “to measure twice, if not three times and cut once.”
“Which does not mean that we do not make mistakes. If we approached this with the standard I am not mistaken, it would be like saying that someone in a baseball one had to hit a thousand. That is impossible. So, when we make mistakes, we quickly correct them and move on,” he added.
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Fox News Digital, Greg Wehner, contributed to this report.
