Donald Trump said Elon Musk’s “Government Efficiency” (DOGE) had “very easy” access to American personal information and prepared to attack the Department of Defense without guardrails It indicates that it is operating.
The US president was speaking at a White House press conference alongside the white Japanese prime minister, but most questions were the sweeping mask of eradicating federal waste that caused chaos in Washington. It focused on a mission.
Trump offered the tech billionaires a free rein and showed up on blase for details. He was asked why DOGE needs to access a financial payment system that includes American Social Security numbers, home addresses and bank accounts. There is not much good security in our country. ”
The president claimed he was “very proud” of Musk Young and the team of “very smart” software engineers. He said: “They are doing it on my point. It’s much easier not to do it, but they have to break down some of these things to find corruption, and they’re ridiculously corruption. I found it.”
Doge has so far produced no evidence of corruption in USAID. This was closed without the need for authorities from Congress or other agencies. The swift and fierce attacks on the government have led to gusts of lawsuits and street protests.
Pushing whether he ever said he couldn’t touch the musk, Trump only offered an ambiguous reply. “Well, we don’t argue that much,” he confessed. “I tell them to go here, I’ll go there. He does it. He has a group of very capable people. Very, very, very, very capable there is.
“They know what they’re doing. They’ll ask questions and they’ll have someone tied up with their tongues that they’re bent or they don’t know what they’re doing. You will see soon. We have a very clever person.”
Trump confirmed he asked Musk (the wealthiest man in the world) to consider spending in the vast Department of Defense, with a $8500 billion budget proposed for 2025. “I told him to check his education and check the pentagon, the army. And you know, sadly, you’ll find something pretty bad.”
But he pointed out: “Social Security cannot be touched. It’s only strengthened… We have illegal immigrants regarding Social Security, and we find out who they are. I’m going to take them off.”
Congressional Democrats have been given masks to the government’s payment system, citing “threats to the economy and national security and potential violations of laws protecting American privacy and tax data.” We are seeking an investigation from the Ministry of Finance on Access.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden wrote in a letter to inspector: Payment Systems…Request the use of authorities to further investigate this issue. ”
On Friday, Trump also said Doge should rehire staff who resigned after being linked to openly racist social media accounts in a newspaper report.
The first Vice President, JD Vance, said 25-year-old Marco Erez should return and blame “journalists trying to destroy people.” When asked if he supported Vance’s views, Trump told reporters he was unaware of the specific incident, but “I’m with the Vice President.”
Soon after Musk voted his X-follower on the question, he said, “He’s coming back. The error is human and forgive God.”
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