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Full Screen Donald Trump has given Elon Musk a new assignment. Photo: Brandon Bell/AP
97 percent of the workforce is fired from the Aid Authority USAID.
Now Elon Musk has been commissioned to give up on the military.
“Unfortunately, he will find things that are pretty bad,” says Donald Trump.
Americans are starting to get tired of Elon Musk, new opinion polls show. Even among Republicans, more and more people think that the billionaire has too much influence over the state apparatus.
Sources close to Trump are worried about a future collision between the president’s staff and Musk and his gang, writes the site Wired.
“They see immediately”
The newspaper Time mocks the president By having a picture of Musk behind the desk in the oval room on its front page – something didn’t Trump seemed to appreciate.
“I didn’t know that newspaper was still there,” he told reporters on Friday.
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Full -screen trump paid tribute to Musk during Friday. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP
At the same time, Donald Trump Elon Musk paid tribute during a press conference in the White House on Friday.
– I tell him to look at this thing, that thing. He does. He has a very capable group of people. Very, very, very, very capable, says Trump.
– They know what they are doing. They ask questions and they see immediately when someone gets a heavy heapon if they are either corrupt or do not know what they are doing.
In recent days, Trump and his efficiency manager Musk have shocked the outside world by completely dismantling the US Aid Authority USAID.
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full -screen protests against the dismantling of USAID Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP
97 percent may go
Remaining of what has been the world’s largest donor remains almost 300 employees.
“I suppose 97 percent of employees may go,” says Trump during the press conference he conducted with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ,.
Now the president has given the order to Musk and his unofficial efficiency authority Dogge to proceed with other goals.
– I’ve told him to look at education, to look at the Pentagon, which is the military. And unfortunately you will find things that are pretty bad.
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Full -screen trump does not believe that Doge will be able to cut down as much within the Pentagon. Photo: AP
Has billion contracts
However, Trump believes that the purges – and the intended savings – within Pentagon cannot be compared to USAID.
– They won’t find that much, but they will find a lot, he says.
The president sees no problems with Musk’s companies having a contract with the Ministry of Defense of just over SEK 30 billion, writes The New York Times.