Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth He said on Fox News on Sunday that Elon Musk is being welcomed to the agency to simplify the process and “cut off the tail and insert it into the teeth.”
“We know that in a world where US $37 trillion debt, resources are not limitless, so we can find that every dollar we don’t spend wisely is someone we can put into warriors, so we can find that we can find that every dollar we don’t know how to spend is someone we can put into warriors, so we Doge is welcomed at the Ministry of Defense,” he told “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo.
“We will work with them and should have worked with them long ago. The Ministry of Defense has a huge budget, but it needs to be held responsible.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon on Monday, January 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolff)
Former Fox and Friends Weekend host took charge of the Department of Defense after confirming the vote last month in the Senate to end the deadlock Vice President JD Vance’s decisive game.
Since then, he has overseen the overhaul of Biden-era policy, Including dei (diversity, equity and inclusion) In-house initiatives. Now, President Trump and Governor General Leader Elon Musk are watching overhauls of government agencies.
Trump pointed out the Department of Education and Defense’s next goal in a special Super Bowl Sunday interview with Fox News chief political host Bret Baier.
House Democrat Doge caucus says Musk is “blowing things”
Elon Musk leads the Ministry of Government Efficiency, aiming to eliminate wasteful spending from government agencies. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“The president is right. His pace is right, and he is right, and American taxpayers should know exactly how to spend money and where. The fact that I have to do an audit within four years is bad enough. The Pentagon should be able to do it. Go through the budget right away. Where we spend money,” continued Haggs.
“We need to know when the dollar is spent, we need to know where they are going and why simple accounting and accounting that does not exist in the Department of Defense. We will solve this problem.”
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