Donald Trump hopes Elon Musk will find “billions of dollars” of abuse and fraud in the Pentagon in an interview with Fox News Brett Bayer, which aired Sunday before the Super Bowl He said there was.
“I’m going to tell him right away, maybe 24 hours, to check the Department of Education. … Then I’ll go and go to the military. Let’s check the US military,” the US president said. He told the right-wing Fox News host, “I’m going to find billions of dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud and abuse.”
Over the past few weeks, Musk’s “government efficiency” is attempting to dismantle many federal agencies in Washington, DC, pass through data systems, close DEI programs, and in some cases eliminate the entire agency .
Last week, Musk and Trump tried to put thousands of workers from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on leave, but a judge on Friday temporarily blocked the effort.
Without providing evidence, Trump said in an interview with Baier: Go…it’s crazy. It’s a big scam. ”
Trump continued to repeat his wish for Canada to become the 51st state.
“I think Canada is much better off being the 51st state, as it loses $200 billion a year in Canada. I won’t let that happen,” he added. “That’s too much. Why do you basically pay $200 million a year in subsidies to Canada? Well, if they’re in the 51st state, I don’t mind doing it.”
Trump is the first president to attend the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl has served as the finale of the NFL season since 1966, but it is not uncommon for the president to take part in Super Bowl programming.
The president has traditionally interviewed networks that host the Super Bowl, but both Trump and Joe Biden rejected some requests during their first term.
Biden skipped the 2024 Super Bowl interview. This is a move that some Democrat insiders thought they missed the opportunity to talk directly to Americans. Biden’s aide said he avoided the interview because he felt voters wanted a break from political news.
This year’s interview is a bit unusual. Fox hosts the Super Bowl and has assigned Baier to host the interview. Baier is considered more ferociously pro-Trump than some of his colleagues, but the move suggests from the start that the interview may not be as hostile as those made by non-partisan networks I was doing it.
Trump, a lifelong New Yorker who moved to a Florida member-only club after alienating many of his hometown states, has not shown which team he will support.
